People will have the chance to peek inside never-before-toured Joesler-designed homes as part of this year’s Historic Home Tour.
Organized by Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation, the event Saturday offers a look at six houses by Swiss-born Josias Joesler, the city’s best-known architect. The homes represent a collection of significant examples of Joesler’s work, said Demion Clinco, the foundation’s executive director.
“It’s the opportunity to begin to understand the dynamics and design sensibility of Tucson that was so prevalent in the ’20s and ’30s and captures an essence of what Tucson was — and still strives to be,” Clinco said.
One Joesler feature that will be prominently on display is the idea of indoor/outdoor design through screened-in Arizona rooms, Clinco said.
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The tour features six homes along with a “bonus” midtown house that had been altered over the years. Its owners are in the process of restoring it, which gives tour-goers an idea of the work that goes into historic home restoration, Clinco said.
St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church, which Joesler designed in 1936, also will be open to the public.
“It’s a great way of spending an afternoon, experiencing quintessential Tucson and supporting a good cause,” Clinco said.
Proceeds benefit Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation, a nonprofit organization working to preserve the city’s unique architecture.
