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San Xavier del Bac Mission, Mission Road, Tucson, Pima County, AZ

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San Xavier del Bac Mission, Mission Road, Tucson, Pima County, AZ

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Summary

Suggested address, Mission Road, not verifiable in documentation.
Less common element keywords for complex include: conventos, canales, cimborios, grotoes, & sacroriums.
Significance: Date of Erection, 1797. Architect, Ignacio Gaona. Builder, Pedro Bojourquez, under the direction of Franciscan Fathers. Present Condition: Fair, extensive repair work done to church and convento in 1906 by Father Granjon of Tucson; new floors and roof added to convento, parapet and roof of church repaired, class rooms and cloister added to east wing of convento at north end, and numerous minor repairs. Excepting the repair work and additions noted above, the building is unchanged from its original appearance.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-11
Survey number: HABS AZ-13
Building/structure dates: after. 1785- before. 1797 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1906 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000191

date_range

Date

1933 - 1970
person

Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Gaona, Ignacio
Bojourquez, Pedro
Franciscan Fathers
Kino, Eusebio Francisco
Place, Roy, district officer
Works Progress Administration (WPA), sponsor
Dickensheets, Donald W, photographer
Thomas, Trent, historian
Nichols, Frederick D, photographer
Goldschmidt, Leo, photographer
O'Neill, John P, photographer
Dickensheets, Donald W, photographer
McClung, Rupert, delineator
Squeri, Harry J, delineator
Slack, Miguel J, delineator
Williams, Louis, delineator
Collier, William M, Jr, delineator
Stowe, Elwood E, delineator
James, Cecil S, delineator
Lovelady, Raymond T, delineator
place

Location

Tucson (Ariz.)32.13057, -111.01665
Google Map of 32.1305696, -111.0166495
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Source

Library of Congress
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