Sandra Day O'Connor House, Historic residence in Tempe, United States.

The Sandra Day O'Connor House is a one-story, roughly 1,700 sq ft home of adobe brick made from mud taken at the nearby Salt River. Its mid-century modern design draws on Frank Lloyd Wright: floor-to-ceiling windows, deep overhangs against the desert sun, exposed interior adobe, red concrete floors and exposed wood beams. The long narrow plan follows the California ranch type of Cliff May.

The house was built in 1957 in Paradise Valley and relocated to Tempe in 2009 through a careful process that preserved each adobe brick. The relocation allowed the building to be saved for future generations and integrated into a modern sustainability campus.

O'Connor lived here from 1958 to 1981 and hosted Arizona political figures such as Barry Goldwater and Bruce Babbitt on the large patio. She cooked Mexican dishes, including chalupas, for her guests. The house now belongs to the Sandra Day O'Connor Institute, which uses it for workshops, meetings and special events.

The house stands in Papago Park on the Carl Hayden Campus for Sustainability, beside the Arizona Historical Society Museum and overlooking Tempe and the Salt River. The grounds were designed by landscape architect Christy Ten Eyck. The building is used by the O'Connor Institute for workshops, meetings and special events, so check its programme before planning a visit.

During the two-year move that began in 2007, each adobe brick was removed, individually numbered and stacked for transport, and the house was rebuilt in its original geographic orientation in Tempe's Papago Park.