Cecil H. Moore

Cecil H. Moore was an architect and builder born in 1913 and active in Tucson during the early and mid 20th century. He worked in the offices of Merritt Starkweather and Henry Jaastad after his arrival to Tucson in 1926. He set up his own firm in 1935 becoming a registered Architect in 1936. He designed and building many of the opulent mansions around the El Conquistador Hotel. These elegant Spanish and Mission Revival properties can be seen in the National Register of Historic Places listed subdivisions of El Encanto, El Montevideo, Colonia Solona, and San Clemente. Over his career he built around 350 buildings in and around Tucson including the iconic and beloved Art Deco Gas Station at 648 N. Stone, many of the charming motor courts and mid-century motels along Tucson’s segment of U.S. Route 80, and the modernist Anshei Israel synagogue at 6th Street and Campbell Avenue.

Described by University of Arizona architectural historian R. Brooks Jeffery in the unpublished Anshei Israel Synagogue Documentation Report: “His mark on Tucson is subtle, but one which is mature and appreciated for its design sense, stylistic variety and experimentation.”

Notable Buildings

*Anshei Israel Synagogue
*El Con Mall
*Park Mall
*Victoria Apartments
*El Rancho Shopping Center (remolded)
*Gamma Apartments (demolished)
*Sparkle Cleaners

References

Petrillo, Alan. Arizona Daily Star, If these walls could talk. Feb. 4, 2007

Laird, Wendy & Linda, El Encanto Estates National Register of Historic Places 1988 http://elencanto-tucson.com/El-Encanto/History/history-1.html

Jeffery, R. Brooks, Anshei Israel Synagogue Unpublished Documentation Report, University of Arizona. 1999.

Tucson Daily Citizen, New Bank Branch Under Construction, May 20, 1964 pg. 20

Tucson Daily Citizen, Boy Scout Home to be Ready Soon, March, 24, 1958

Cecil H. Moore Collection. Architectural Drawings Collection, Arizona Architectural Archives, College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture (CAPLA), The University of Arizona.