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Council initiates process to consider historic-landmark designation for Tucson City Hall
Summary
Council directed staff to begin the public rezoning-like process to consider designating Tucson City Hall as a historic landmark, citing State Historic Preservation Office findings that the building is locally eligible under politics/government and architecture criteria; process includes neighborhood meeting, public hearing, and return to council.
Council directed staff to initiate the process to consider historic-landmark designation for Tucson City Hall after a planning presentation described background research and the steps required.
Planning and Development Director Corinne Manning explained that the initial nomination was prepared by the Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation (2017) and that the State Historic Preservation Office determined City Hall could be individually eligible for the National Register under criterion A (politics/government) and C (architecture) at the local level. The building — constructed between 1961 and 1966 and attributed to Friedman and Joe Busch — was described as an example of mid‑century modern / brutalist civic architecture.
Manning outlined the steps: complete a nomination, public neighborhood meeting, review by the Historic Preservation Commission subcommittee, a zoning‑examiner public hearing, and then return to mayor and council. Council directed initiation of the process (motion passed 6–0).
