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George F. Kitt Residence
Tucson, Arizona

 

Description: George F. Kitt Residence
Other Names: Mr. & Mrs. William F. Kitt house
Address: 129 South Fifth Street, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona
Type: residence: single family house
Original Client: George F. Kitt
Historic Inventory:
Date: 1899
Condition: demolished

Architect or Firm: Henry C. Trost
Associated Architect or Firm:
Contractors:
Dimensions and Orientation: five rooms, faced west
Budget/Cost:

Foundation:
Wall Materials: stucco
Roofing Materials: clay tile
Other Materials Used:
Remodeling and Additions:

Location of Drawings: None known to exist
Location of Documentary Photographs:

Bibliography: (1) Trost & Trost, Architects (El Paso: Trost & Trost, 1907), page 34, photograph of perspective view
(2) Arizona Daily Citizen, Thursday, June 15, 1899, page [4]: Geo. Kitt has plans drawn for a neat five room cottage to be erected near the high school building. The contract will be let in a few days. (The high school was at Fifth Avenue and Broadway, just north of the George Kitt house.)

Prepared for the El Paso Public Library by Lloyd C. and June F. Engelbrecht under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, 1990.