North University in Tucson in Pima County, Arizona — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Cannon-Douglass Residence

Historic Site

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Photographed by Bill Kirchner, June 2, 2010

1. Cannon-Douglas Residence Marker

Inscription. Dr. William Austin Cannon had this house built during 1904-1905. He was the first resident botanist with the Carnegie Desert Laboratory in 1902, and worked there until 1926. Dr. Cannon sold the house in 1913 to Dr. Andrew Ellicott Douglass, an astronomer, who in 1896 had located the site for Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff. Dr. Douglass, founder of dendrochronology, also built the Steward Observatory at the University of Arizona. Due to his early leadership, the University of Arizona is one of the world's leading institutions in the science of astronomy and dendrochronology.

Spanish Translation Marker:
Residencia de los Profesores
Cannon y Douglass Esta casa fué construída en 1904-05 por el Profesor Dr. William Austin Cannon, primer botánico del Laboratorio Carnegie del Desierto y ocupante de aquel puesto desde 1902 hasta 1926. En 1913, vendió la casa al Profesor Dr. Andrew Ellicott Douglass, conocido astronomo que había establecido el Observatorio Lowell de Flagstaff en 1896. Douglass, fundador de la ciencia de dendrocronología, tambíen supervisó la construcción del Observatorio Stewart. Gracias a su influencia original

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la Universidad de Arizona llegó a ser reconocido mundialmente en los campos científicos de astronomiá y científicos de astronomiá y dendrocronologíá.

Erected 1989 by Tucson-Pima County Historical Commission and Arizona Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Science & Medicine • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1902.

Location. 32° 14.171′ N, 110° 57.251′ W. Marker is in Tucson, Arizona, in Pima County. It is in North University. It is on East Speedway Boulevard west of North Santa Rita Avenue, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1189 East Speedway Boulevard, Tucson AZ 85719, 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 Borderlands

and in the 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

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, June 2, 2010

2. Cannon-Douglas Residence Marker

Spanish translation of marker text.

the Gadsden Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: George E. P. Smith Residence (here, next to this marker); John Campbell Greenway (approx. ¼ mile away); Eusebio Francisco Kino, S. J. (approx. 0.3 miles away); U.S.S. Arizona 1916 - Wilber L. "Bill" Bower U of A Outstanding Achievement Awards (approx. 0.3 miles away); Old Main (approx. 0.3 miles away); USS Arizona Mall Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); University Streetcar Line (approx. 0.4 miles away); Bicentennial Moon Tree (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tucson.

Also see . . . Dendrochronology. Simply put, dendrochronolgy is the dating of past events (climate changes) through the study of tree rings. (Submitted on June 7, 2010.)

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, June 2, 2010

3. Cannon-Douglas Residence Marker

Cannon-Douglas Residence image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, June 2, 2010

4. Cannon-Douglas Residence

Credits. This page was last revised on August 30, 2020. It was originally submitted on June 4, 2010, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. This page has been viewed 1,443 times since then and 31 times this year. Last updated on May 6, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 4, 2010, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.