Edward Nye Fish House

E. N. Fish came to Tucson as a merchant in 1865 and, three years later, built this adobe in the heart of the old Presidio. It was among the grandest houses of its day and served the family for half a century, a social center for a dusty territorial town. Fish prospered in freighting and milling; his wife Maria was a force in early public education. The thick-walled adobe, now part of the Tucson Museum of Art block, survives from the Presidio quarter's first American generation.

What the plaque says

E.N. Fish came to Arizona as an enterprising merchant in 1865. Three years later he built this adobe house which served as the family residence for the next half century. Fish developed many successful businesses and his wife Maria was prominent in public education. They contributed much to the growth and prosperity of early Tucson. Their home, one of the grandest of the day, was a social center for the community. It has been preserved by the Tucson Heritage Foundation and the Tucson Museum of Art.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Tucson — steps away
  The Old Pueblo — four thousand years of farming under the sky islands
• Mission San Xavier del Bac — 8.2 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

More markers nearby

• The First Presbyterian Church in Tucson — steps away
• Arizona's First Public School — steps away
• Commemorating the Raising of the First American Flag within the Walled City of Tucson — steps away
• Court Street — steps away