Jefferson Park Homes for Sale — Tucson, AZ

Key facts

Jurisdiction

Tucson, Arizona — incorporated city, Pima County

Average sale price

$402,000

Price range

$295K – $700K

School district

TUSD (Blenman Elementary, Doolen Middle, Catalina High)

Approximate population

~2,800

Approximate number of homes

~790 homes

What defines this area

• Homesteaded 1898 — celebrated 125 years in 2023
• National Register Historic District (2012)
• Historic Preservation Zone — no fee HOA, design review
• Jefferson Park Neighborhood Association (volunteer)
• 788 properties built one lot at a time over 60 years
• Pre-WWII bungalows & post-WWII red-brick ranch homes
• Mansfield Park (20 acres) with playgrounds & fields
• Mansfield Pool — lap pool, splash pad & waterslide
• Donna R. Liggins Recreation Center (gym & basketball)
• Half-mile walk to University of Arizona

About Jefferson Park

A 272-acre central Tucson historic neighborhood tucked a half-mile north of the University of Arizona, bounded by Euclid Avenue, Grant Street, Campbell Avenue, and the alley south of Lester Street. Jefferson Park's roots trace to 1898, when 28-year-old Anne Stattelman homesteaded 158 acres under the 1862 Homestead Act on what was then open desert north of town. The first subdivision plats were filed between 1905 and 1945 by Anna Lester — who named Lester Street for her family and Seneca, Linden and Waverly for trees she remembered from Germany — and by Haskell Cohen, a Russian-immigrant optician who arrived in Tucson around 1888 selling eyeglasses on downtown street corners before redeeming a transferable land warrant for a 158-acre tract just north. What sets Jefferson Park apart from every other central-Tucson historic district is that it was never master-planned: 788 properties were built out one lot at a time across roughly 60 years, with each owner developing their own domestic water system in the early decades. The result is a remarkably eclectic streetscape — pre-WWII adobe bungalows, Spanish Colonial Revival, Pueblo Revival, Southwest, and National Folk cottages mixed alongside post-WWII red-brick Ranch homes, most ranging 1,000–2,700 square feet. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 1, 2012, the neighborhood is protected today as a City of Tucson Historic Preservation Zone with a volunteer Jefferson Park Neighborhood Association — there is no fee HOA, but exterior changes go through neighborhood design review. Residents share a back fence with Mansfield Park's 20 acres of playgrounds, walking paths, picnic ramadas, and multipurpose fields; the Mansfield Pool complex (a city-run lap pool, splash pad, and waterslide); and the Donna R. Liggins Recreation Center with its workout room, indoor gym, and drop-in basketball — all free or low-cost public amenities that fee-HOA communities elsewhere charge thousands a year for. Grant Road shops, restaurants, and the U of A campus, McKale Center, and Arizona Stadium are all within a 10-minute walk or bike ride.

Jefferson Park is an urban neighborhood in the City of Tucson, on the central side of metro Tucson, Arizona, served by TUSD (Blenman Elementary, Doolen Middle, Catalina High). Homes trade in the $295K – $700K range, with an average sale price of $402,000 across roughly 790 homes and a population of about 2,800. Kyle Berglund, REALTOR® at Tierra Antigua Realty, represents buyers and sellers here — call (520) 250-8904.

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