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| Many of the current adobe Barrio homes were built in the 1870’s or earlier. They were built in stages with no front yards as your see in most neighborhoods. The fronts were right on the sidewalk. Rear courtyards were popular, and rear rooms were added as needs and means allowed.
The basic house through the 19th century had thick exterior walls on stone foundations, floors of fir planking, a canvas sub-ceiling, ceilings of saguaro ribs or packing crates supporting a three layer roof of dirt, straw and more dirt.
After 1880 rough sawn 2x10’s replaced the traditional pine in most houses. Low parapets of 12 inches or less were often topped with a single or double course of old soft jumbo bricks. Tin shields directed roof runoff away from the walls. Lime plaster was used for exteriors, often over stones set in strands of mortar to help tie the plaster to the wall. Interiors were often mud plastered with a hard, thin finish coat of lime and gypsum. CLICK HERE FOR FREE LISTINGS. |
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| Around 1933 Dr. James Harvey Robinson, History Dean at Columbia University wrote this of the Barrio: "This cannot be the United States of America! Houses built flush with the sidewalks with pink, blue, green and yellow walls, flowers climbing out of hidden patios, an unbelievable blue sky, and sweet acrid smells in the air? Lovely! The people are charming. But all this is the Old World, not America." Unfortunately in the name of urban renewal, back in the 1960’s bulldozers leveled 260 adobe shops and houses to make way for La Placita. What has been left is 18 blocks designated as the Barrio Libre National Historic District and has now become trendy often justifying prices upward of $200,000. Some homes are yet in need of revitalization and can be purchased at relatively bargain prices. This is always an area worth investigating! |
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