Tumacácori National Historical Park
Tumacácori National Historical Park | |
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IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape) | |
Mission San José de Tumacácori | |
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Location | Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA |
Nearest city | Nogales, Arizona |
Area | 360 acres (146 ha)[1] |
Established | August 6, 1990 |
Visitors | 33,740 (in 2011)[2] |
Governing body | National Park Service |
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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 Spanish Colonial Jesuit missions in the locale were established in 1691, Mission San Cayetano de Tumacácori (at Tumacácori) and Mission Los Santos Ángeles de Guevavi, are the two oldest missions in southern Arizona. The Franciscan church of Mission San José de Tumacácori, across the river from and replacing Mission San Cayetano de Tumacácori, was built in the 1750s. The third mission was established in 1756, Mission San Cayetano de Calabazas.
The Mission San José de Tumacácori complex is open to the public. Nearby are the park's has a visitor center and the Tumacácori Museum in a historic Mission Revival style building. The Guevavi and Calabazas missions are not open to the general public, but can be visited on reserved tours led by park staff.
The Tumacácori missions complex was originally protected as Tumacácori National Monument, in 1908 by President Theodore Roosevelt.[5] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966. In 1990 the national monument was redesignated a National Historical Park. The Guevavi and Calabazas mission units were added to the Tumacácori missions complex unit, within the new Tumacácori National Historical Park.
The site was on the route of the 1775-1776 Juan Bautista de Anza Expedition from New Spain to Alta California, the first Spanish overland expedition to claimed but un-colonized upper Las Californias territory. A 4.5 miles (7.2 km) segment of the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail lies along the Santa Cruz River between Tumacácori National Historical Park and Tubac Presidio State Historic Park.
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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 Pima rebellion of 1751, the mission was moved to the present site on the west side of the Santa Cruz River and renamed San José de Tumacácori.[6] By 1848, the mission was abandoned and began falling into severe disrepair. In 1854 it became a part of the U.S. Arizona Territory, after the Gadsden Purchase.
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 | |
Tumacácori Museum building | |
Location | Tumacácori National Monument (Tumacácori National Historical Park), Tumacacori, Arizona |
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Built | 1937 |
Architect | Scofield DeLong, et al |
Architectural style | Mission Revival style architecture, with Spanish Colonial Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 87001437 |
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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 Mission Revival style architecture, with Spanish Colonial Revival details, was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1987.[8][11][12][13]
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)
See also
- Spanish missions in Arizona
- Spanish Missions in the Sonoran Desert
- Hispanic Heritage Sites (U.S. National Park Service)
References
- ^ "Listing of acreage – December 31, 2010" (XLSX). Land Resource Division, National Park Service. Retrieved 2011-08-15. (National Park Service Acreage Reports)
- ^ "NPS Annual Recreation Visits Report". National Park Service. Retrieved 2012-10-06.
- ^ "Tumacacori National Historical Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
- ^ "Tumacácori National Historical Park". National Park Service. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
- ^ "Tumacácori: Park Profile 2008" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
- ^ a b NPS—Tumacácori National Historical Park: Mission San José de Tumacácori
- ^ "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 2008-02-26.
External links
- "Tumacácori National Historical Park". National Park Service.
- "San Antonio de Oquitoa Mission". Mission Churches of the Sonoran Desert. University of Arizona.
- 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.
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- IUCN Category V
- Tumacácori National Historical Park
- National Historical Parks of the United States
- Spanish missions in Arizona
- National Park Service areas in Arizona
- History museums in Arizona
- Museums in Santa Cruz County, Arizona
- Parks in Santa Cruz County, Arizona
- Places on the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail
- National Historic Landmarks in Arizona
- Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona
- Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona
- National Register of Historic Places in Santa Cruz County, Arizona
- 1990 establishments in Arizona
- Protected areas established in 1990
- Archaeological sites in Arizona
- Mission Revival architecture in Arizona
- Spanish Colonial architecture in Arizona
- Spanish Colonial Revival architecture in Arizona
- Historic American Buildings Survey in Arizona