The Menlo Park Historic District is nestled dramatically between downtown Tucson and the Santa Cruz River to the
east, and Sentinel Peak and Tumamoc Hill to the west. The district incorporates the recognized birthplace of Tucson, and the voter-approved Tucson Origins Heritage Park designed to reconstruct the Mission Garden and San AgustÃn Convento (1771). Originally developed for Euro Americans in a time of discriminatory covenants, Menlo Park evolved into Tucson’s most upscale Mexican barrio hosting Spanish Colonial
Revival, Bungalow, post-war Ranch, Modern, and Prairie-style architecture. Evident historical elements of the
neighborhood offer its modern amenities a rich sense of time and place.
Menlo Park Neighborhood Association