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Tucson Realty & Trust Co. has storied past in Old Pueblo

After a couple of members of John Dillinger’s gang fled a burning Hotel Congress downtown in 1934, they holed up in a house on North Second Avenue rented from Tucson Realty & Trust Co. Police sniffed them out and arrested them a short time later, so Tucson Realty & Trust rented out the house again. Within a few days, the new tenants came across a closet that was stuck shut.

They called Tucson Realty and someone went to the house to pry the closet open. Inside was $57,000 in cash. The money was turned over to the police, according to a company history told by a former executive.

A company that’s been around for a century is bound to have some stories that weave it into the history of an area. That’s surely the case with Tucson Realty & Trust, which turns 100 this year.”I’m honored to be part of that great history,” said George H. “Hank” Amos III, the company’s president and CEO. “And honored to still be here.”

The company, characterized by its bulls-eye logo, has done business with some unique personalities in Tucson’s history. There’s Nellie P. Covert, who decades ago lived on Park Avenue just north of the University of Arizona. Because of the extent of the mortgage business she did with the company, she expected a higher level of service.

She maintained a large flock of hens and when one died, a manager in the mortgage department, a devout Baptist, was expected to go to her home and perform services for the dead chicken.

When Covert’s health deteriorated, Tucson Realty eventually became her guardian and the custodian of her estate. The firm hired nurses to care for her, looked after her investments and took care of her chickens.

That kind of dedication from agents, managers and staff – many of whom worked for the company longer than 10 years – has allowed the company to stay alive, said Hank.

When Raytheon Missile Systems, formerly Hughes Missile Systems, made plans to move to Tucson, Hank went to one of the company’s divisions in California as part of a residential relocation team. There he found employees wearing buttons with a crossed out cactus.

Read entire PDF written by Dale Quinn of the Arizona Daily Star

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