San Clemente/El Montevideo Neighborhood

Montivideo neighborhood - Founded in 1930, El Montevideo was one of several subdivisions established around the prestigious 1928 El Conquistador Hotel (demolished in 1968). Lacking curbs and sidewalks, and featuring native desert vegetation, the neighborhood initially grew with architectural revival styles popular in the 1930s, including Spanish Colonial, Territorial (Sonoran), and Pueblo Revivals. As elsewhere in

Tucson, this semi-rural, one and one-half block enclave filled-in rapidly during the post-World War II era with Ranch and Mid-Century Modern (Contemporary) style residences by architects Lew Place and Arthur T. Brown

In 1923, developer Stanley Williamson named this east-central subdivision after the seacoast town of San Clemente, California, intending to evoke an image of an upscale Spanish Colonial Revival

community. First homesteaded in 1909, the area saw most of its development between 1930 and 1959, and is considered the first Tucson neighborhood to pioneer automobile-related Ranch Style Suburb planning. Among the dozen architectural styles represented, Classic Ranch and Spanish Colonial Revival.