The historic home of former Arizona Governor Raul Castro.The home of former Arizona Governor Raúl Castro in Nogales could get a new life as a center for border studies. The 105-year old home was recently donated to the University of Arizona College of Social and Behavioral Sciences by the Castro family.
Raúl Castro and his wife Patricia called Nogales, Arizona home for more than 20 years. Their house is located in the historic Crawford Street District along with several stately homes built in the early 1900s.
The Castro family spent years carefully restoring their home. The former governor died last year at the age of 98.
While the U of A’s plans are still in the works, the college would like to use the historic home to create the Castro Center for Border Studies. The former Governor and his wife would often host U of A faculty and students interested in border issues at their home.
"Through that conversation we started talking about, wouldn’t it be nice to have this home be a center, a location, where students could come and actually take classes and we could have lectures by faculty from the university at this home,“ said Ginny Healy, the senior director of development for the college.
Once the University takes possession, it is expected renovations could take upwards of $500,000. That money would most likely be raised through private donors.
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