Carlos Ygnacio Velasco House

From this 1870s house Carlos Velasco ran one of the most influential Spanish-language newspapers of the border, El Fronterizo, which he published from 1878 until his death in 1914. The print shop was here; the family lived behind it. Velasco was more than an editor: he helped found the Alianza Hispano-Americana, a mutual-aid society that spread across the Southwest to defend the rights and pool the resources of Mexican Americans. The house is a landmark of a Tucson that thought, argued, and organized in Spanish.

What the plaque says

This house dating from the 1870s was purchased by Carlos and Beatriz Velasco in 1878. In the same year, Velasco began publication of the newspaper "El Fronterizo," which continued until his death in 1914. This building was the office and print shop. The house at the rear was the Velasco residence. Prominent in civic affairs, Velasco was a principal founder of Alianza Hispano Americana, a national fraternal insurance society. This site is on the National Register.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Tucson — 0.6 mi
  The Old Pueblo — four thousand years of farming under the sky islands
• Mission San Xavier del Bac — 7.8 mi
  The White Dove of the Desert — the finest Spanish Baroque church in the country
• Saguaro National Park — 21 mi
  The giant cactus, and the O'odham who count it as kin

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• Carrillo Intermediate School — 0.3 mi
• August 20th Park — 0.4 mi
• Arizona's First Public School — 0.6 mi