Step Inside 9 of Arizona’s Oldest Adobe Buildings and Discover Centuries of Rich History

Mud, straw, and sunshine built some of the toughest walls in Arizona. A few of these adobe structures have outlasted Spanish kings, Mexican governors, and cavalry bugles. I love that the building material is basically dirt. Yet one trading post made of adobe and stone has been doing business since 1878. Another old adobe shares its patio with a rose bush so big it needs its own support frame. These places aren’t roped-off relics, either. You can walk the rooms, read the walls, and stand wh