USDA Tucson Plant Materials Center (Tucson, Arizona)

 NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, scientific research institute / centre, department of agriculture, agricultural research farm/centre, Pueblo Revival (architecture), New Deal Depression Relief Project [1933-1945]

Historic Department of Agriculture plant research center listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Built: 1935-1941
Expanded: intermittently over the years as the need arose.
Architectural style: Pueblo Revival
Areas of significance: Architecture; Agriculture; Conservation
Area: 5 acres (NRHP boundaries); 45.88 acres (total acreage)
Significant buildings: main administration building; general utility building; several storage buildings; several greenhouses; lathe house; Agricultural Research Services building
Also known as: PMC
Date added to NRHP: 7/2/1997
Notes: This USDA complex was constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), a New Deal program that operated between 1933 and 1942. The program provided work for unmarried, unemployed men who were struggling to find work during the Great Depression.