Linda Ronstadt puts former Tucson home up for sale

Music star Linda Ronstadt has put her historic, former home in Colonia Solana on the market for $1.6 million.

The 1929 Mediterranean-style house totals more than 4,200 square feet with a clay-tile roof, porches, mahogany doors, oak hardwood floors and balconies with views of the Santa Catalina Mountains. It sits on 1.27 acres of lawns, gardens and patios. It was designed by renowned Tucson architect Roy Place.

The property is in the neighborhood nestled between Reid Park and East Broadway, just east of South Country Club Road.

Ronstadt, a native Tucsonan who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame three weeks ago, bought the house in 1994 and lived there with her two children, and hosted many family gatherings and celebrations.

It was her principal home for many years, said Russell Long of Long Realty, who is the listing agent along with his wife, Christine Long.

Ronstadt, who moved to San Francisco years ago, no longer resides at the Tucson estate. She has Parkinsons disease and is retired.

She has built a life in San Francisco and her kids lives are there, said her sister Suzy OBrien, 75, while at the house on Wednesday. Ronstadts daughter, Mary, and son, Carlos, are young adults.

Now with her illness, she cannot keep up two houses, OBrien said. I know she is going to miss this house. She thinks of how beautiful the sunlight is when it comes in through the windows in the morning.

Having the house on the market is very sad because we have had such wonderful times here, said OBrien, reminiscing about the generations of musicians who have played music and partied in the house.

OBrien said the exterior of the house is the same pink of the Benedictine Monastery of the Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration at 800 N. Country Club Road.

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Linda Ronstadt puts former Tucson home up for sale