Armory Park Historic Residential District is a

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

Tucson, Arizona , "(at the) base of the black ill , nicknames = "The Old Pueblo", "Optics Valley", "America's biggest small town" , image_map = , mapsize = 260px , map_caption = Interactive map ...

. It was listed on the NRHP in 1976 and the district boundaries were increased in 1996. Part of the eastern section of the Armory Park Historic Residential District was first developed as company housing for employees of the

Southern Pacific Railroad The Southern Pacific (or Espee from the railroad initials- SP) was an American Class I railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1996 and operated largely in the Western United States. The system was operated by various companies under the ...

. When the railroad moved out of this area and combined with

Union Pacific Railroad The Union Pacific Railroad , legally Union Pacific Railroad Company and often called simply Union Pacific, is a freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Paci ...

, the houses were auctioned off and moved to other areas. In 2000, a solar-powered housing development, known as Armory Park del Sol, was built here. Developer John Wesley Miller named the streets in the subdivision after historic people and events of the area, referring to both railroads that were important to its history. This subdivision and its locally themed street names were featured in a December 2013 "Street Smarts" column, published in the ''

Arizona Daily Star The ''Arizona Daily Star'' is the major morning daily newspaper that serves Tucson and surrounding districts of southern Arizona in the United States. History L. C. Hughes was the Arizona Territory governor and founder of the ''Arizona Star'', ...

'' newspaper.David Leighton, "Street Smarts: Street names in downtown neighborhood reflect area's history"
''Arizona Daily Star,'' December 17, 2013]

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* {{National Register of Historic Places Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona Queen Anne architecture in Arizona Neoclassical architecture in Arizona Geography of Tucson, Arizona Houses in Pima County, Arizona 1880 establishments in Arizona Territory National Register of Historic Places in Tucson, Arizona