Editing Casas Adobes, Arizona

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[[File:Moorish garden, Casa Adobes.jpg|thumb|upright|Moorish garden detail, [[Tohono Chul Park]], Casas Adobes]]

'''Casas Adobes''' ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]: "''Adobe Houses''") is an [[unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) located in the northern metropolitan area of [[Tucson, Arizona]] (in [[Pima County, Arizona|Pima County]]). The population was 66,795 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]]. Casas Adobes is situated south and southwest of the town of [[Oro Valley, Arizona|Oro Valley]], and west of the community of [[Catalina Foothills, Arizona|Catalina Foothills]].

The [[2011 Tucson shooting|attempted assassination]] of [[United States House of Representatives|Representative]] [[Gabby Giffords]], and the murders of chief judge for the [[United States District Court for the District of Arizona|U.S. District Court for Arizona]], [[John Roll]], and five other people on January 8, 2011, took place at a [[Safeway Inc.|Safeway]] supermarket in Casas Adobes.

==History==
Though Casas Adobes is an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated]] community, it is older than both the towns of [[Oro Valley, Arizona|Oro Valley]] and [[Marana, Arizona|Marana]].<ref name="chamberofcommerce">{{cite web|url=http://the-chamber.com/casas-adobes-northern-pima-county-communities.html|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830182510/http://the-chamber.com/casas-adobes-northern-pima-county-communities.html|title=Casas Adobes - Northern Pima County Communities|archive-date=August 30, 2011|access-date=August 1, 2023}}</ref>

The area bordering the [[Cañada del Oro]] in the north, and the Rillito River in the south was primarily inhabited and utilized by cattle ranchers. Cattle ranches dominated the Casas Adobes area until the 1920s, when Tucson had grown far enough north and the advent of the automobile made the area more easily accessible.<ref name="chamberofcommerce"/>

One of the first individuals to build a home in the area was Maurice L. Reid, who came to Tucson in 1923 seeking a "walking cure" for [[tuberculosis]]. In the late 1920s Reid bought a {{convert|1500|acre|km2}} former ranch, bounded by North Oracle Road to the east, Orange Grove Road to the south, Ina Road to the north, and North La Cholla Boulevard to the west. Reid planted more than {{convert|200|acre|km2}} of [[citrus]] trees and [[date palms]], that would become the heart of Tucson's citrus industry.<ref name="chamberofcommerce"/> Over the years, Reid sold parcels of land for home sites, and in 1950 he sold the last of his land. Some larger residential estates continue to maintain the remaining citrus groves and orchards nearly a century later.

Leonie Boutall, who relocated to Arizona from [[Tennessee]], decided to build a guest ranch in the early 1930s. The dry climate, her doctor told her, would relieve her [[bronchial]] troubles. Boutall bought {{convert|100|acre|km2}} of former ranch land just west of North Oracle Road, and south of a narrow dirt track now called Orange Grove Road. She built Rancho Nezhone, a luxury guest ranch that drew the rich and famous to the sparsely settled area far north of Tucson.<ref name="chamberofcommerce"/> [[Kate Smith]], [[Liberace]], Gen. [[John Pershing]] and [[William Boyd (actor)|William "Hopalong Cassidy" Boyd]] were guests of the desert retreat which featured lush vegetation with monkeys and parrots. Boutall sold out of the property in 1948.<ref name="chamberofcommerce"/> Today the site is home to Mission Palms Apartments, where much of the original flora and several features remain, including a 300-stone wall in front of the property.<ref name="Nezhone">{{cite web|title=Additional Notes for Rancho Nezhone (guest ranch)|url=http://resources.ahsl.arizona.edu/search/pcms/note.cfm?termID=1325|publisher=[[The University of Arizona]] Health Sciences Library|access-date=October 28, 2017|archive-date=October 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029120945/http://resources.ahsl.arizona.edu/search/pcms/note.cfm?termID=1325|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Sam Nanini and Giaconda, his wife, moved to Tucson in 1948 seeking to cure Giaconda Nanini's [[bronchial asthma]].<ref name="chamberofcommerce"/> Beginning in the mid-1950s, the Italian born, transplanted Chicagoan developed three residential subdivisions on about {{convert|300|acre|km2}} that became the heart of the Casas Adobes community, giving the community its name.  The subdivisions, along with Sam Nanini's landmark [[Casas Adobes Plaza]], were considered by many to be Tucson's first suburb.<ref name="Suburb">{{cite web|title=About the Tucson Region|url=https://www.seniorsresourceguide.com/directories/Tucson/about_region.html|publisher=Senior Resource Guide|access-date=October 28, 2017|archive-date=October 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030002938/https://www.seniorsresourceguide.com/directories/Tucson/about_region.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Most of the homes in the subdivision are large ranch-style homes built with [[adobe]] bricks. Sam Nanini and his son William also later built the world-class Tucson National Resort, and the million-dollar residential subdivision, the Tucson National Estates.<ref name="chamberofcommerce"/>

===1997 incorporation attempt===
In 1997, the Arizona legislature passed a law that suspended the ability of incorporated cities and towns in Pima County to prevent the incorporation of other cities within six miles of their borders for a period of approximately two years.<ref>{{cite web|title=Town of Tortolita v. Napolitano|url=https://caselaw.findlaw.com/az-court-of-appeals/1276321.html|date=March 29, 2001|access-date=June 6, 2018|archive-date=June 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627174747/https://caselaw.findlaw.com/az-court-of-appeals/1276321.html|url-status=live}}</ref>  That same year, the residents of Casas Adobes voted to incorporate as their own city.  However, a series of appeals overturned the new law on constitutional grounds, and the Superior Court annulled the incorporation.  A second vote for incorporation in 2001 failed 56 to 44 percent.<ref>{{cite news|title=Casas Adobes Incorporation Election, What It Means To You|url=http://tucsoncitizen.com/morgue2/2001/03/14/115832-casas-adobes-incorporation-election-what-it-means-to-you/|date=March 14, 2001|access-date=June 6, 2018|archive-date=October 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022154011/http://tucsoncitizen.com/morgue2/2001/03/14/115832-casas-adobes-incorporation-election-what-it-means-to-you/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Casas Adobes community has grown to encompass a {{convert|23|sqmi|km2|adj=on}} area inhabited by nearly 60,000 residents.<ref name="chamberofcommerce"/> While Casas Adobes' neighboring municipalities of Oro Valley, Marana and Tucson continue to build new homes and shopping centers, Casas Adobes is mostly built out. With the failure of incorporation attempts, it is likely that one or all three of the neighboring entities will annex portions of Casas Adobes in the future.<ref name="chamberofcommerce"/>

===2011 shooting===
{{Main|2011 Tucson shooting}}

On January 8, 2011, 19 people were shot during a Congresswoman's meeting in a Safeway grocery store parking lot.<ref name="cnn1">{{cite news|title=Arizona congresswoman among 19 shot at Tucson grocery|url=http://us.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/01/08/arizona.shooting/index.html?hpt=T1&iref=BN1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110085954/http://us.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/01/08/arizona.shooting/index.html?hpt=T1&iref=BN1|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 10, 2014|access-date=January 8, 2011|publisher=CNN|date=January 8, 2011}}</ref> Six people were killed, including a federal judge, [[John Roll]], and a congressional aide. U.S. Representative for {{ushr|Arizona|8|}}, [[Gabby Giffords]], was shot in the head at close range.<ref name="bbc1">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12143774|title=US congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords shot in Arizona|work=BBC News|date=January 8, 2011|access-date=June 20, 2018|archive-date=April 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402140333/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12143774|url-status=live}}</ref> A 22-year-old local man named as [[Jared Lee Loughner]] was arrested in connection with the incident.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/08/jared-lee-loughner-gabrielle-giffords-shooter_n_806243.html|title=Jared Lee Loughner Identified as Gabrielle Giffords Shooter|date=January 8, 2011|work=huffingtonpost.com|access-date=January 8, 2011|archive-date=April 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130426233935/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/08/jared-lee-loughner-gabrielle-giffords-shooter_n_806243.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Geography==
Casas Adobes is located at {{coord|32|20|47|N|111|0|35|W|type:city}} (32.346368, −111.009844).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990|archive-date=August 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824085937/https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of 22.6&nbsp;square miles (58.6&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), of which 22.6&nbsp;square&nbsp;miles (58.6&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>)  is land and 0.04% is water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
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| 2000 = 54011
| 2010 = 66795
| 2020 = 70973
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2016|archive-date=July 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210701194652/https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}
As of the census<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/ |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709054630/https://www.census.gov/ |url-status=live }}</ref> of 2000, there were 54,011 people, 22,066 households, and 14,718 families residing in the CDP.  The population density was {{convert|2,386.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 23,655 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,045.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the CDP was 88.7% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 1.7% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.7% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 2.2% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.1% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 4.5% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.3% from two or more races.  13.8% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 22,066 households, out of which 29.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.3% were married couples living together, 9.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.3% were non-families. 26.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.93.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 23.0% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 28.2% from 25 to 44, 24.6% from 45 to 64, and 16.1% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.2 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.7 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $49,736, and the median income for a family was $57,926. Males had a median income of $40,323 versus $29,892 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $24,230.  About 3.9% of families and 5.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.2% of those under age 18 and 5.0% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==

===Primary and secondary schools===
Casas Adobes is served by three [[Public school (government funded)|public]] [[school districts]]:<ref>
{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st04_az/schooldistrict_maps/c04019_pima/DC20SD_C04019.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Pima County, AZ|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=January 25, 2023|page=2|archive-date=October 9, 2022|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st04_az/schooldistrict_maps/c04019_pima/DC20SD_C04019.pdf|url-status=live}}
</ref>
* [[Amphitheater Public Schools]] is the primary school district serving Casas Adobes.  Some Amphi schools serving Casas Adobes perform among the top in the state academically, and include [[Canyon del Oro High School]].  In 2007 and again in 2010, ''[[Newsweek|Newsweek Magazine]]'' rated Canyon del Oro in the top 5% of public schools in the U.S.<ref name=Newsweek>{{cite news| url=http://www.newsweek.com/content/newsweek/feature/2010/americas-best-high-schools/list.html| title=America's Best High Schools: The List| page=84| work=newsweek.com| access-date=June 3, 2011| archive-date=June 17, 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100617212046/http://www.newsweek.com/content/newsweek/feature/2010/americas-best-high-schools/list.html| url-status=live}}</ref>  [[Amphitheater High School]] serves the south-central neighborhoods of Casas Adobes, between River Road and Orange Grove Road.<ref name="Amphi">{{cite web|title=District Map and Boundaries|url=https://www.amphi.com/Page/10163|publisher=Amphitheater Public Schools|access-date=October 28, 2017|archive-date=October 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029065912/https://www.amphi.com/Page/10163|url-status=live}}</ref>
** District elementary schools in Casas Adobes include Marion Donaldson Elementary School,<ref>"[http://www.amphi.com/schools/donaldson/ Welcome to Donaldson!] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217070317/http://www.amphi.com/schools/donaldson/ |date=February 17, 2011 }}" Marion Donaldson Elementary School. Retrieved on January 18, 2011. "2040 W. Omar Drive Tucson, AZ"</ref> Winifred Harelson Elementary School,<ref>"[http://www.amphi.com/schools/harelson/ Welcome to Harelson Elementary School] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110126041921/http://www.amphi.com/schools/harelson/ |date=January 26, 2011 }}." Harelson Elementary School. Retrieved on January 18, 2011. "826 W. Chapala Drive, Tucson, AZ"</ref> Mesa Verde Elementary School,<ref>"[http://www.amphi.com/schools/mesaverde/ Welcome to Mesa Verde Elementary School] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101228184910/http://www.amphi.com/schools/mesaverde/ |date=December 28, 2010 }}." Mesa Verde Elementary School. Retrieved on January 18, 2011. "1661 W.Sage Tucson, AZ"</ref> and Lulu Walker Elementary School<ref>"[http://www.amphi.com/schools/walker/ Home] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110108015600/http://www.amphi.com/schools/walker/ |date=January 8, 2011 }}." Lulu Walker Elememtary School. Retrieved on January 18, 2011. "1750 W. Roller Coaster Rd. Tucson, AZ"</ref>
** La Cima Middle School is located in Casas Adobes<ref>"[http://www.amphi.com/schools/lacima/ Welcome to La Cima Middle School!] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101221123356/http://www.amphi.com/schools/lacima/ |date=December 21, 2010 }}" La Cima Middle School. Retrieved on January 18, 2011.</ref>
* [[Marana Unified School District]] serves the far northwestern neighborhoods of Casas Adobes.  [[Mountain View High School (Pima County, Arizona)|Mountain View High School]] serves this area of Casas Adobes.<ref name="Marana">{{cite web|title=Map and Boundaries|url=https://www.maranausd.org/Page/678|publisher=Marana Unified School District|access-date=October 28, 2017|archive-date=October 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029121115/https://www.maranausd.org/Page/678|url-status=dead}}</ref>
** District schools in Casas Adobes include Butterfield Elementary School,<ref>"[http://www.maranausd.org/index.aspx?NID=2875 Welcome to the Bobcat Den] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101218012736/http://maranausd.org/index.aspx?NID=2875 |date=December 18, 2010 }}." Butterfield Elementary School. Retrieved on January 18, 2011. "3400 W. Massingale Road Tucson, AZ" ([http://www.maranausd.org/images/pages/N2875/Bobcat_Welcome2.gif Direct image link] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217164818/http://maranausd.org/images/pages/N2875/Bobcat_Welcome2.gif |date=December 17, 2010 }})</ref> Ironwood Elementary School,<ref>"[http://www.maranausd.org/index.aspx?NID=1056 Welcome to Ironwood Elementary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101218012404/http://maranausd.org/index.aspx?NID=1056 |date=December 18, 2010 }}." Ironwood Elementary School. Retrieved on January 18, 2011. "Ironwood Elementary 3300 W. Freer Drive Tucson, AZ"</ref> and Thornydale Elementary School.<ref>"[http://www.maranausd.org/index.aspx?NID=2883 Thornydale Thundercats] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101218012854/http://maranausd.org/index.aspx?NID=2883 |date=December 18, 2010 }}." Thornydale Elementary School. Retrieved on January 18, 2011. "7651 N. Oldfather Tucson, AZ" [http://www.maranausd.org/images/pages/N2883/0_Welcome.jpg Direct image link] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217171316/http://maranausd.org/images/pages/N2883/0_Welcome.jpg |date=December 17, 2010 }}</ref>
* [[Flowing Wells Unified School District]] serves the far western neighborhoods of Casas Adobes.  [[Flowing Wells High School]] serves this area of Casas Adobes.<ref name="FlowingWells">{{cite web|title=flowingwellsschools.org|url=http://flowingwellsschools.org/|publisher=flowingwellsschools.org|access-date=October 28, 2017|archive-date=October 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029065258/http://flowingwellsschools.org/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Public libraries===
[[Pima County Public Library]] operates the Nanini Branch Library in Casas Adobes.<ref>"[http://www.library.pima.gov/locations/nanini/ Nanini Branch Library] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727192646/http://www.library.pima.gov/locations/nanini/ |date=July 27, 2011 }}." [[Pima County Public Library]]. Retrieved on January 18, 2011. "7300 N. Shannon Rd.
Tucson, AZ" [http://www.library.pima.gov/locations/maptucson.pdf Map] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101122014202/http://www.library.pima.gov/locations/maptucson.pdf |date=November 22, 2010 }}</ref>

==Points of interest==
[[File:Westward Look Resort.jpg|thumb|350px|Westward Look Resort garden, 2014]]

Casas Adobes is the location of one of southern [[Arizona]]'s largest and most biologically diverse nature preserves. [[Tohono Chul Park]] is a private nature park located northwest of North Oracle and West Ina roads on North Paseo del Norte. Tohono Chul, Tohono O'odham for "desert corner," was created in 1985 after Richard and Jane Wilson dedicated their historic home and property to the preservation of the desert and the education of visitors on the splendor of the native plants and wildlife.<ref name="chamberofcommerce"/>

Casas Adobes features one of the highest concentrations of [[Mid-century modern]] architecture in the [[Tucson]] area with many prominent architects including Friedman and Jobusch,<ref name="Friedman">{{cite web|title=Bernard J. Friedman 1916 – 2012|url=https://preservetucson.org/stories/bernard-j-friedman-1916-2012/|publisher=Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation|access-date=October 28, 2017|archive-date=October 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029122613/https://preservetucson.org/stories/bernard-j-friedman-1916-2012/|url-status=live}}</ref> Nicholas Sakellar,<ref name="Sakellar">{{cite web|title=Nicholas Sakellar, FAIA 1918–1993|url=https://preservetucson.org/stories/nicholas-sakellar-faia-sculpting-space/|publisher=Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation|access-date=October 28, 2017|archive-date=October 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029065823/https://preservetucson.org/stories/nicholas-sakellar-faia-sculpting-space/|url-status=live}}</ref> Tom Gist,<ref name="GistTHPF">{{cite web|title=Tom Gist 1917-2000|url=https://preservetucson.org/stories/217/|publisher=Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation|access-date=October 28, 2017|archive-date=October 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029065652/https://preservetucson.org/stories/217/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Gist">{{cite web|title=6431 N Treasure Drive, Tucson, AZ|url=http://www.longrealty.com/homes-for-sale/6431-N-Treasure-Drive-Tucson-AZ-85704-212542825|publisher=Long Realty|access-date=October 28, 2017|archive-date=October 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029065931/http://www.longrealty.com/homes-for-sale/6431-N-Treasure-Drive-Tucson-AZ-85704-212542825|url-status=live}}</ref> and Edward Nelson<ref name="Nelson">{{cite web|title=Edward Nelson|url=https://preservetucson.org/stories/edward-nelson/|publisher=Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation|access-date=October 28, 2017|archive-date=October 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029065834/https://preservetucson.org/stories/edward-nelson/|url-status=live}}</ref> designing properties in the region. Notable examples include Saint Odilia Catholic Church,<ref name="MAPPOdilia">{{cite web|title=Saint Odilia Catholic Church|url=http://capla.arizona.edu/mapptucsonorg/pdfs/m50_24.pdf|publisher=[[University of Arizona]] College of Architecture, Planning & Landscape Architecture|access-date=October 28, 2017|archive-date=October 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029121052/http://capla.arizona.edu/mapptucsonorg/pdfs/m50_24.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> St Andrew's Presbyterian Church,<ref name="Nelson"/> Dove of Peace Lutheran Church,<ref name="MAPPDove">{{cite web|title=Dove of Peace Lutheran Church|url=http://capla.arizona.edu/mapptucsonorg/pdfs/m50_12.pdf|publisher=[[University of Arizona]] College of Architecture, Planning & Landscape Architecture|access-date=October 28, 2017|archive-date=October 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029065421/http://capla.arizona.edu/mapptucsonorg/pdfs/m50_12.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Arizona Bank (now [[Bank of America]]) as well as numerous residences in Catalina Village, Westward Look Estates, Casas Adobes Estates and Samalayuca Estates among other neighborhoods.<ref name="MAPP">{{cite web|title=Residential Real Estate Search|url=http://capla.arizona.edu/mapptucsonorg/real_estate.htm|publisher=[[University of Arizona]] College of Architecture, Planning & Landscape Architecture|access-date=October 28, 2017|archive-date=October 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024040230/http://capla.arizona.edu/mapptucsonorg/real_estate.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The [[Casas Adobes Plaza]] is a retail destination, dating back to 1948. The Plaza is situated on the southwest corner of North Oracle and West Ina roads, and features some of the most authentic [[Mediterranean]] architecture in the area. Original Italian vignettes, statues, and fountains are incorporated into the plaza. Casas Adobes Plaza has a historic [[Mediterranean]] observation tower.

Westward Look Resort is located in Casas Adobes, beginning in the early 20th century as a dude ranch in the foothills of the [[Santa Catalina Mountains]] north of [[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson]]. The property was significantly expanded in the late 1960s by modernist architect Edward Nelson<ref name="Nelson"/> and became the [[Tucson]] area's first resort. The original adobe home commissioned by ranch founders William and Maria Watson in the 1910s by [[Tucson]] architect Merritt Starkweather remains the heart of Westward Look Resort and is named the "Vigas Room."<ref name="Westwardlook">{{cite web|title=Westward Look History|url=http://www.westwardlook.com/explore/about/history|publisher=Westward Look Wyndham Grand Resort & Spa|access-date=October 28, 2017|archive-date=October 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029122518/http://www.westwardlook.com/explore/about/history|url-status=live}}</ref>

Casas Adobes has a nationally prominent golf resort built in the 1960s by Sam Nanini, the Omni Tucson National Resort. Hosting the [[PGA Tour]] Tucson Open for more than forty years, golfers [[Jack Nicklaus]] (who was discovered and promoted by Nanini), [[Arnold Palmer]], [[Lee Trevino]], [[Tom Watson (golfer)|Tom Watson]], [[Tom Kite]] and [[Johnny Miller]] have played at Tucson National. Early tournaments were celebrity-hosted by [[Dean Martin]] and others.<ref name="Tucsonnational">{{cite web|title=Our Story|url=https://www.tucsonnational.com/our-story|publisher=Omni Tucson National Resort|access-date=October 28, 2017|archive-date=October 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029065937/https://www.tucsonnational.com/our-story|url-status=live}}</ref>

While Casas Adobes remains unincorporated, the community has distinguished itself from the other suburbs to the north and northwest of [[Tucson]] as the oldest community.

==See also==
{{portal|Arizona}}
* [[List of census-designated places in Arizona]]

==References==
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