Barrio Libre is a neighborhood in

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 ...

notable for its existence as a relatively unchanged 19th-century Hispanic neighborhood of close-packed row houses. Houses in the

barrio ''Barrio'' () is a Spanish language, Spanish word that means "Quarter (urban subdivision), quarter" or "neighborhood". In the modern Spanish language, it is generally defined as each area of a city, usually delimited by functional (e.g. residenti ...

are typically

adobe Adobe ( ; ) is a building material made from earth and organic materials. is Spanish for ''mudbrick''. In some English-speaking regions of Spanish heritage, such as the Southwestern United States, the term is used to refer to any kind of e ...

with very plain detailing, reflecting the area's history as a district of townhouses for Mexican ranching families. The district includes more than 200 contributing structures, with relatively few non-conforming buildings. The district is bounded by 14th and 18th streets to the north and south, and by Stone and Osborne to the east and west. Meyer Avenue runs through the center of the barrio. The district was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

on October 18, 1978.

References

External links

Barrio Libre
at the National Park Service

online chapter from ''Barrio Historico Tucson'', University of Arizona * , with additional surveys of individual houses in the distric

and many others {{Pima County, Arizona Neighborhoods in Tucson, Arizona Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona National Register of Historic Places in Tucson, Arizona Buildings and structures completed in 1885 Historic American Buildings Survey in Arizona