Fort Lowell Homes for Sale — Tucson, AZ

Key facts

Jurisdiction

Tucson, Arizona — incorporated city, Pima County

Average sale price

$489,000

Price range

$300K – $1.1M

School district

TUSD (Whitmore Elementary, Dodge Traditional Magnet Middle, Catalina High)

Approximate population

~2,500

Approximate number of homes

~1,100 homes

What defines this area

• Built around 1873 U.S. Army Fort Lowell ruins
• Fort Lowell Historic Preservation Zone (est. 1981)
• Old Fort Lowell Neighborhood Association — no fee HOA
• 65-acre Fort Lowell Park — pool, splash pad, museum, duck pond
• Sonoran adobe, Bungalow Vernacular & Pueblo Revival homes
• Charles Bolsius & Veronica Hughart architect-designed homes
• San Pedro Chapel (1932) — first City Historic Landmark
• Rillito River Park multi-use trail at northern edge
• Pecan-shaded irrigated lots — rare in the desert
• 10 min to Sabino Canyon, U of A & El Con

About Fort Lowell

A roughly one-square-mile central-east Tucson historic neighborhood built around the ruins of the 19th-century U.S. Army post that gives the district its name. Camp Lowell was relocated from downtown to this spot in 1873 — chosen for the year-round water at the confluence of the Tanque Verde and Pantano creeks where they form the Rillito River — and at its peak the post contained roughly 30 adobe buildings ringing a large parade ground. After the Army abandoned the fort in 1891, Sonoran and Chihuahuan farming and ranching families moved north from Mexico, adapted the deserted adobe buildings, and built out the Village of El Fuerte just west of the parade ground. Their San Pedro Chapel (rebuilt 1932 in Mission Revival, designated the City of Tucson's first Historic Landmark in 1982 and added to the National Register in 1993) still anchors the neighborhood. The City of Tucson established the Fort Lowell Historic Preservation Zone in 1981 to protect the area's irreplaceable Sonoran vernacular adobe architecture — and what residents get is one of metro Tucson's most distinctive homeownership experiences: thick-walled Sonoran adobe row houses, Sonoran Military and Santa Fe-Sonoran Ranch homes, Bungalow Vernacular cottages, mid-century red-brick ranches, and 1980s–90s two-story Spanish Colonial and Pueblo Revival homes (including signature designs by Charles Bolsius and Veronica Hughart) all set on irrigated, pecan-shaded lots that feel nothing like the rest of the desert. The neighborhood has no fee HOA — the volunteer Old Fort Lowell Neighborhood Association (OFLNA) handles preservation and advocacy, with the City's HPZ design review governing exterior changes — though a handful of newer infill subdivisions inside the area carry small HOAs of their own. Residents share a back fence with the 65-acre Fort Lowell Park (50-meter community pool with 1- and 3-meter diving boards, splash pad, duck pond, Fort Lowell Museum in restored adobe officers' quarters, tennis courts, sand volleyball, ramadas, playgrounds, pecan grove, and a 1-mile walking path) and step straight onto the Rillito River Park multi-use trail for cycling, walking, and equestrian access. Sabino Canyon, the U of A, El Con Mall, and Park Place are all within a 10–15 minute drive.

Fort Lowell is an urban neighborhood in the City of Tucson, on the central side of metro Tucson, Arizona, served by TUSD (Whitmore Elementary, Dodge Traditional Magnet Middle, Catalina High). Homes trade in the $300K – $1.1M range, with an average sale price of $489,000 across roughly 1,100 homes and a population of about 2,500. Kyle Berglund, REALTOR® at Tierra Antigua Realty, represents buyers and sellers here — call (520) 250-8904.

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