Tumacácori National Historical Park
Tumacácori National Historical Park | |
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Location | Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States |
Nearest city | Nogales, Arizona |
Coordinates | 31°34′05″N 111°03′02″W / 31.5681465°N 111.0506458°W[1] |
Area | 360 acres (150 ha)[2] |
Established | August 6, 1990 |
Visitors | 40,810 (in 2018)[3] |
Governing body | National Park Service |
Website | Tumacácori National Historical Park |
Tumacácori National Historical Park is located in the upper Santa Cruz River Valley in Santa Cruz County, southern Arizona. The park consists of 360 acres (1.5 km2) in three separate units.[4] The park protects the ruins of three Spanish mission communities, two of which are National Historic Landmark sites. It also contains the landmark 1937 Tumacácori Museum building, also a National Historic Landmark.
History
The first
The Mission San José de Tumacácori complex is open to the public. Nearby are the park's visitor center and the Tumacácori Museum in a historic
The Tumacácori missions complex was originally protected as Tumacácori National Monument, in 1908 by President
The site was on the route of the 1775–1776
Mission San José de Tumacácori
Mission San José de Tumacácori was established in 1691 by Jesuit padre Eusebio Kino in a different nearby location. It was established one day before Mission Los Santos Ángeles de Guevavi, making it the oldest Jesuit mission site in southern Arizona. The first mission was named Mission San Cayetano de Tumacácori, established at an existing native O'odham or Sobaipuri settlement on the east side of the Santa Cruz River.
After the
Restoration and stabilization efforts began in 1908 when the site was declared Tumacácori National Monument by President Theodore Roosevelt. In 1990 it became part of the new Tumacácori National Historical Park.[6]
Tumacácori Museum
Tumacácori Museum | |
Mission Revival style architecture, with Spanish Colonial Revival | |
NRHP reference No. | 87001437 |
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Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | May 28, 1987[7] |
Designated NHL | May 28, 1987[8] |
Tumacácori Museum was built in 1937 within what was then Tumacácori National Monument and is now Tumacácori National Historical Park. Designed by Scofield Delong, it contains interpretative displays relating to three historic missions preserved within the park,[9] and includes artwork created by artist Herbert A. Collins.[10]
The museum building, a fine example of
Cinema
Movies with scenes filmed in the park include:
- Duel in the Sun directed by King Vidor (1946)
- Young Guns II directed by Geoff Murphy (1990)
- Boys on the Side directed by Herbert Ross (1995)
See also
References
- ^ "Tumacacori National Historical Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
- ^ "Listing of acreage – December 31, 2010" (XLSX). Land Resource Division, National Park Service. Retrieved August 15, 2011. (National Park Service Acreage Reports)
- ^ "NPS Annual Recreation Visits Report". National Park Service. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
- ^ "Tumacácori National Historical Park". National Park Service. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
- ^ "Tumacácori: Park Profile 2008" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
- ^ a b "San José de Tumacácori – Tumacácori National Historical Parks". www.nps.gov.
- ^ "Tumacacori Museum". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ^ a b "Tumacácori Museum". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service.
- ^ "Tumacacori Museum". National Park Service.
- ^ "Tumacácori Dioramas". National Park Service. Archived from the original on June 19, 2005.
- ^ Laura Soullière Harrison (1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory–Nomination: Tumacacori Museum". National Park Service.
- ^ "Accompanying 35 photos by Laura Soullière Harrison, exterior and interior, from 1985". National Park Service.
- ^ ""Architecture in the Parks: A National Historic Landmark Theme Study: Tumacacori Museum", by Laura Soullière Harrison". National Historic Landmark Theme Study. National Park Service. Retrieved February 26, 2008.
External links
- "Tumacácori National Historical Park". National Park Service.
- "San Antonio de Oquitoa Mission". Mission Churches of the Sonoran Desert. University of Arizona. Archived from the original on June 30, 2010. Retrieved October 27, 2005.
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. AZ-3, "San Jose de Tumacacori (Mission, Ruins), Tubac, Santa Cruz County, AZ", 15 photos, 45 measured drawings, 6 data pages
- "Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail". National Park Service.