Henry Jaastad
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Henry Jaastad was an influential Tucson, Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States. The city is located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116 with a metropolitan area population at 1,020,200...

 architect. His firm created over 500 buildings and Jaastad was Mayor of Tucson for 18 years.

Extant buildings

  • Patagonia City Hall, Patagonia, Arizona. 1900
  • Diego Valencia House, 432-436 South Convent Ave. 1907
  • Reilly Funeral Home, 102 East Pennington Street, Tucson, Arizona. 1908
  • Brick Row House 440-446 South Convent Ave. 1909
  • Old Nogales City Hall and Fire Station, 136 Grand Avenue, Nogales, Arizona. 1914
  • Odd Fellows Hall, 135 S. 6th Avenue, Tucson, Arizona. 1914 (credited to Jaastad, but more likely designed by Ely Blount while working in Jaastad's office)
  • Manning-Johnson House, 455 W. Paseo Redondo, Tucson, AZ. 1916 http://www.pbase.com/bearpaw/image/30120824 Owned many years by Emery and Ann-Eve Johnson and now occupied by a law firm which has removed most of the residence's noted original grandeur and historical interior and exterior features.
  • Safford Middle School, 200 East 13th Street, Tucson, Arizona 1918
  • Dunbar Spring School, Tucson, Arizona, 1918
  • Commercial Building, 41-47 South 6th Avenue. 1918
  • Tucson Medical Center
    Tucson Medical Center
    Tucson Medical Center , licensed at 641 beds, is a locally governed nonprofit regional hospital in Tucson, Arizona. The medical center treats about 30,000 inpatients and 120,000 outpatients annually as well as around 6,000 infant births....

     Buildings: Erickson House, Arizona Patio Building, Education Building (to be demolished), 4 Court Buildings (to be demolished) 1926-1927
  • Tucson High School and Vocational Educational Building, Lyman & Place/Henry Haastad, Associate 1924
  • Saint Augustine Cathedral facade remodel 1929
  • Grace Lutheran Church 1949

Demolished Buildings

  • University Methodist Episcopal Church 1924 Demolished 1987

  • El Conquistado Hotel 1928
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