Josias Joesler
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Josias Thomas Joesler was a Swiss-American Tucson, Arizona
architect.
Born in 1895 in Zurich. Joesler’s architectural legacy would come to articulate the romantic revival Tucson
style of the first half of the 20th century.
Joesler married his wife Natividad and the two moved to Tucson in 1927.
His major surviving commercial architectural masterpieces are spread throughout the historic Tucson core. Extant buildings are clustered along the Forth Avenue shopping district, the Broadway Shopping center on the corner of County Club and Broadway. The Saint Philips Church and Plaza at Campbell and River Road, St Michael’s Church at 5th and Wilmot and The Ghost Ranch Lodge on Miracle Mile.
Many of his residential buildings are in the Catalina Foothills Estates.
His buildings utilized traditional southwestern hand crafted decorative motifs including: hand applied plaster, hand hewn beams, colored concrete floors and decorative iron/tin work.
Joesler died in Tucson 12 February 1956, Natividad Joesler died in Spain June 23, 1963.
Arizona Historical Society Building.
Broadway Village Shopping Center (1939) - Southwest corner of Broadway Blvd. and Country Club Road.
Don Martin Apartments - 605 East 9th Street.
Haynes Building (1928) - 310 East 6th Street
Forth Avenue Shops (1928) - 616 North 4th Avenue
Ghost Ranch Lodge - 801 West Miracle Mile
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity House (1949) - 1509 East 2nd Street
Seventh-Day Adventist Chapel (1942) - 1200 North Mountain Avenue
Tucson Unified School District Educational Building Expansion (1948) - 1010 East 10th Street
St. Philip's in the Hills Episcopal Church (1936) - Northeast corner of River Road and Campbell Avenue
Murphy-Keith Office Building & Catalina Foothills Estate Estate Sales Office/Joesler Studio (1937) - River Road and Campbell Avenue
Hutton Webster Studio and Residence (1939) - River Road and Campbell Avenue
Murphy-Keith Building Company Office (1940) - River Road and Campbell Avenue.
El Merendero Tea Room & Gift Shop (1937) - River Road and Campbell Avenue.
St. Philip's Park (1936) - River Road and Campbell Avenue.
Catalina Foothills School (1931) Built by the WPA - River Road east of Campbell Avenue.
Catalina Foothills Estates - North of River Road between Campbell Avenue and Hacienda del Sol
Grace Mansion (Eleven Arches) (1937) - Catalina Foothills Estates
Hacienda Del Sol reconstruction (late 1930s) - Hacienda Del Sol
Joseler/Loerpabel Residence (1936)
Johnson Residence (1936)
St. Michael's and All Angels Episcopal Church (1953) - 620 North Wilmot Road
Our Saviour's Lutheran Church (1948) Campbell and Helen
St. Michael Episcopal Parish: http://smaa.mavarin.com/smaa.html
Ghost Ranch Lodge: http://www.ghostranchlodge.com
Tucson, Arizona
Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States. The city is located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116 with a metropolitan area population at 1,020,200...
architect.
Born in 1895 in Zurich. Joesler’s architectural legacy would come to articulate the romantic revival Tucson
Tucson, Arizona
Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States. The city is located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116 with a metropolitan area population at 1,020,200...
style of the first half of the 20th century.
Joesler married his wife Natividad and the two moved to Tucson in 1927.
His major surviving commercial architectural masterpieces are spread throughout the historic Tucson core. Extant buildings are clustered along the Forth Avenue shopping district, the Broadway Shopping center on the corner of County Club and Broadway. The Saint Philips Church and Plaza at Campbell and River Road, St Michael’s Church at 5th and Wilmot and The Ghost Ranch Lodge on Miracle Mile.
Many of his residential buildings are in the Catalina Foothills Estates.
His buildings utilized traditional southwestern hand crafted decorative motifs including: hand applied plaster, hand hewn beams, colored concrete floors and decorative iron/tin work.
Joesler died in Tucson 12 February 1956, Natividad Joesler died in Spain June 23, 1963.
Extant Buildings
All buildings located in Tucson unless otherwise noted.Arizona Historical Society Building.
Broadway Village Shopping Center (1939) - Southwest corner of Broadway Blvd. and Country Club Road.
Don Martin Apartments - 605 East 9th Street.
Haynes Building (1928) - 310 East 6th Street
Forth Avenue Shops (1928) - 616 North 4th Avenue
Ghost Ranch Lodge - 801 West Miracle Mile
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity House (1949) - 1509 East 2nd Street
Seventh-Day Adventist Chapel (1942) - 1200 North Mountain Avenue
Tucson Unified School District Educational Building Expansion (1948) - 1010 East 10th Street
St. Philip's in the Hills Episcopal Church (1936) - Northeast corner of River Road and Campbell Avenue
Murphy-Keith Office Building & Catalina Foothills Estate Estate Sales Office/Joesler Studio (1937) - River Road and Campbell Avenue
Hutton Webster Studio and Residence (1939) - River Road and Campbell Avenue
Murphy-Keith Building Company Office (1940) - River Road and Campbell Avenue.
El Merendero Tea Room & Gift Shop (1937) - River Road and Campbell Avenue.
St. Philip's Park (1936) - River Road and Campbell Avenue.
Catalina Foothills School (1931) Built by the WPA - River Road east of Campbell Avenue.
Catalina Foothills Estates - North of River Road between Campbell Avenue and Hacienda del Sol
Grace Mansion (Eleven Arches) (1937) - Catalina Foothills Estates
Hacienda Del Sol reconstruction (late 1930s) - Hacienda Del Sol
Joseler/Loerpabel Residence (1936)
Johnson Residence (1936)
St. Michael's and All Angels Episcopal Church (1953) - 620 North Wilmot Road
Our Saviour's Lutheran Church (1948) Campbell and Helen
Demolished Buildings
Old World Addition (1927 -1928) - Mabel Street, Campbell Avenue, Elm Street and Martin Avenue. Demolished (1970s)External links
St. Phillips Church: http://www.stphilipstucson.orgSt. Michael Episcopal Parish: http://smaa.mavarin.com/smaa.html
Ghost Ranch Lodge: http://www.ghostranchlodge.com