Homestead Tract 1930’s Adobe homes

Unique hand-built 1930’s Adobe homes can be found in the in Phoenix Homestead Historic District. Phoenix Homestead has significant historical merit that speaks of a time when hand-built homes and communal gardens made owning your own home a reality.

Most of these homes offer near-perfect scale and balance of proportion. Many of these structures, including the one featured were designed by Robert T. Evans.

To learn more about Architect Robert Evans, who had a hand in these homes, follow these links:

http://www.lib.az.us/awhof/women/evans.cfm

http://www.tempe.gov/historicpres/EisendrathHouse.htm

http://www.waltlockley.com/resorts/jokake.htm

Some homes still exist in the Homestead, with a few featuring the original “sod” roofs. Although many have been “updated,” it’s definitely worth a Sunday stroll through the neighborhood to see the original adobe and picture how life would have been. You’ll probably even meet some long-time residents as they sit in their lawns under a shade tree. Some things haven’t changed.