Pima County Courthouse
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Pima County Courthouse is the former main county courthouse building in downtown Tucson, Arizona
. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
. It was designed by Roy Place
in 1928 in Mission Revival
and Spanish Colonial Revival style architecture.
The building still serves as a courthouse for lower level state criminal matters as well as housing the offices of the Pima County Treasurer and Recorder.
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...
. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
. It was designed by Roy Place
Roy Place
Roy W. Place was a Tucson, Arizona architect.Born in San Diego in 1887, Place moved to Tucson in 1917 after working in Chicago and the Boston firm of Sheply, Rutan and Coolidge. Place partnered with John Lyman in 1919, together constructing over 20 buildings in Tucson. Place worked independently...
in 1928 in Mission Revival
Mission Revival Style architecture
The Mission Revival Style was an architectural movement that began in the late 19th century for a colonial style's revivalism and reinterpretation, which drew inspiration from the late 18th and early 19th century Spanish missions in California....
and Spanish Colonial Revival style architecture.
The building still serves as a courthouse for lower level state criminal matters as well as housing the offices of the Pima County Treasurer and Recorder.