1957 Map of Tucson East

About this map

Davis Monthan Air Force Base dominates the southern landscape of this Arizona quadrangle, illustrating the significant military presence that shaped postwar Tucson. The map documents a period of rapid suburban expansion, with extensive purple photorevised sections showing new residential tracts pushing east across the Pantano Wash and toward Twin Hills. Educational and religious institutions are particularly dense here, ranging from the St Josephs Academy (Villa Carondelet) and Reina Cleri Seminary to specialized local landmarks like the Abbie Loveland Tuller School and Arizona Sunshine School. This 1957 survey, updated in the early 1970s, captures the city’s transition from a desert outpost to a modern metropolitan hub, connected by the Southern Pacific Railroad and arterial roads like Speedway and Broadway. Fringes of the area still maintain a rural character with scattered gravel pits, the USC&GS Magnetic Observatory, and the Tucson Dragway.