Bolsius House

☀️ From the first blazing rays of June to the golden sunsets of September, the Bolsius House is watching another desert summer pass.

As summer fades, this historic home stands as a reminder that beauty in the desert is always in season. 🌵

📍 Tucson, Arizona

In 1943 Charles, Pete, and Nan Bolsius purchased the adobe ruins of old Fort Lowell Commissary. In an interview Charles said: “Vision is the whole thing. You see what is going to be there – what it’s going to be like when you get though – then it takes a lot of sweat and work and you hope in the end it looks like your vision”.

Following the end of WWII, in June 1947, the Bolsius set to work on the buildings in earnest. Each door was constructed in English style panels with Southwest details. The result was one of the great Pueblo Revival buildings in the American Southwest.

When they were done they called the property El Cuartel Viejo (The Old Barracks).