El Cuartel Viejo and Fort Lowell Quartermaster and Commissary Storehouse - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
El Cuartel Viejo and Fort Lowell Quartermaster and Commissary Storehouse - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
El Cuartel Viejo is a significant and important example of Pueblo Revival architecture in the American Southwest. Rebuilt starting in 1942 from the ruins of the 1870s Fort Lowell Quartermaster and Commissary StorehouseMcKenney, J. Wilson. "Just an Old Army Canteen," The Desert Magazine, El Centro California, May 1938, 23. the design-build project was led by Dutch-born artist Charles Bolsius, with brother and sister-in-law Nan and Pete Bolsius. The project, a series of five residences, included distinctive hand-carved Bolsius doors, exposed beams, carved corbels, adobe fireplaces, hand-hammered tin, and a heightened sense of romanticism.Wadsworth, Beula M. La Saetas, A Home Integrated with Creative Arts and Crafts. School Arts, Stanford University, Mar. 1944, 229. The property like Las Saetas to the west and its transformation over a 150-year-span reflect the changing culture and economic milieu of Southern Arizona and the American West. Read more on Wikipedia
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