El Presidio in Tucson in Pima County, Arizona — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Alameda Street

Calle de las Milpas

— Cemetery Street —

Alameda Street Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, June 9, 2015

1. Alameda Street Marker

Inscription. Named Calle de las Milpas ("Road Which Leads to the Corn Fields") during Tucson’s Spanish period; the street linked the presidio with adjacent agricultural fields. Renamed Cemetery Street in the mid-1800s, the street was the main thoroughfare between downtown and the local military cemetery. By 1875 the cemetery was moved and the street was renamed Alameda Street ("Tree-Lined Street").

Erected 2013 by City of Tucson Historic Preservation Office.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Roads & Vehicles. A significant historical year for this entry is 1875.

Location. 32° 13.465′ N, 110° 58.21′ W. Marker is in Tucson, Arizona, in Pima County. It is in El Presidio. It is at the intersection of East Alameda Street and North Scott Avenue, on the right when traveling west on East Alameda Street. Marker is mounted horizontally in the sidewalk on the north side of Alameda Street just west of Scott Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Tucson AZ 85701, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Arizona’s Sky Islands,

in the Sonoran Desert,

and in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Southwest.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also the Gadsden Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Pennington Street (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Stone Avenue (about 500 feet away); Roy Place "Montgomery Ward" Building (about 700 feet away); Jácome’s (about 700 feet

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away); a different marker also named Stone Avenue (about 700 feet away); Locomotive 1673 / Railroad Impacts (approx. 0.2 miles away); Scott Avenue (approx. 0.2 miles away); Presidio Wall & Pithouse (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tucson.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Convent Street (was approx. 0.2 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, October 27, 2013

2. Alameda Street Marker

View east on Alameda Street. Marker is at lower left.

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, October 27, 2013

3. Alameda Street Marker

View west on Alameda Street. Marker is at lower right.

Credits. This page was last revised on December 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 29, 2013, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. This page has been viewed 778 times since then and 26 times this year. Last updated on May 6, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. Photos: 1. submitted on June 9, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. 2, 3. submitted on October 29, 2013, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.