Black Heritage Tour: #4, Tucson Transfer Company

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Gloria Smith's heritage tour guide states:

4. Across the street at 108 - 110 E. Sixth Street is the Tucson Transfer Company. One of its first drivers was Mr. Henry Ransom, a pioneer wagon driver and former military man.

There's no doubt about this site location; it's one of the largest buildings in the area, and has a huge sign on top!

For more on Henry Ransom, see this page on African American heritage at University of Arizona, part of the In The Steps of Estaban. We'll learn more about Esteban at heritage tour stop #7, in the park named for the first black man in what would become Arizona.

Henry is the one in the middle here:

You can read more about the current status of warehouse in this article on the New Village web site.

Brandon Stone also photographed the Tucson Warehouse and Transfer building in 2003.

More pictures:

The sign on top of the building.

The ground floor, looking out on Sixth Street, is occupied by Sakellar Associates, an architectural firm.

Looking west, from along Sixth Street.

The shipping dock where Henry Ransom's truck was loaded.

Sign over the booth on the loading dock: "Tucson Warehouse and Transfer Company / Warehouse No. 2."

Benjamin Plumbing Supply company owns the building and uses part of it for a showroom; this is the back building, south of the main warehouse building on 6th.

Across the street, on the northwest corner, looking southeast to the warehouse building.

Detail of the "Fireproof" sign that overlooks 6th.

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