Photos: The Sosa-Carrillo House and urban redevelopment in Tucson

In 1878, Leopoldo Carrillo and his wife, Jesusita Suarez de Carrillo, bought the Sosa property and adjoining lots and built the main house, which stands today.

Carrillo was a Sonoran-born merchant who became one of Tucson's most prominent citizens in the late 1800s. Subsequent generations of Carrillo families lived in the house until the late 1960s. The name of John C. Frémont was attached to the home because the one-time Civil War general and Arizona territorial governor rented the house in 1881. Historians are unsure Frémont lived in the house. –The home was slated for demolition to make way for the Tucson Convention Center and Music in the late 1960s. It was one of only two homes in the barrio saved from the wrecking ball.

The Sosa-Carrillo House on February 16, 1969, spared from destruction after the city demolished a number of historic buildings under the guise of urban renewal.The historic Sosa-Carrillo House, which houses the Mexican-American Heritage and History Museum, 151 S. Grande, Tucson, on Jan. 11, 2023. The home dates to the 1880s. It is one of the only remaining homes from Barrio Libre, which was destroyed in the 1960s to make way for the Tucson Convention Center and Music Hall.

The Sosa-Carrillo House isolated in 1968 after demolition of Barrio Libre in Tucson. The streets of the Barrio – Main Ave., Meyer St. and McCormick St. – were also demolished when construction began for the Tucson Convention Center and Music Hall.Stains on interior stucco due to water damage at the Sosa-Carrillo House in Tucson on Jan. 11, 2023.Cracking in the stucco on the exterior of the Sosa-Carrillo House in Tucson on Jan. 11, 2023.

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