| Tumacácori National Historical Park | |
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 Mission San José de Tumacácori | |
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| Location | Santa Cruz County,Arizona, United States |
| Nearest city | Nogales, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 31°34′05″N111°03′02″W / 31.5681465°N 111.0506458°W /31.5681465; -111.0506458[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 upperSanta Cruz River Valley inSanta Cruz County, southernArizona. 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 areNational Historic Landmark sites. It also contains the landmark 1937Tumacácori Museum building, also a National Historic Landmark.
The firstSpanish ColonialJesuit missions in the locale were established in 1691 by PadreEusebio Kino. Mission San Cayetano de Tumacácori (at Tumacácori) andMission Los Santos Ángeles de Guevavi, are the two oldest missions in southern Arizona. TheFranciscan church ofMission 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 visitor center and the Tumacácori Museum in a historicMission 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 PresidentTheodore Roosevelt.[5] It was listed on theNational Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966. In 1990 the national monument was redesignated aNational 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 1775–1776Juan Bautista de Anza Expedition fromNew Spain toAlta California, the first Spanish overland expedition to claimed but un-colonized upperLas Californias territory. A 4.5 miles (7.2 km) segment of theJuan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail lies along theSanta Cruz River between Tumacácori National Historical Park andTubac Presidio State Historic Park.
Mission San José de Tumacácori was established in 1691 by Jesuit padreEusebio Kino in a different nearby location. It was established one day beforeMission 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 theSanta Cruz River.
After thePima 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 theGadsden Purchase.
Restoration and stabilization efforts began in 1908 when the site was declared Tumacácori National Monument by PresidentTheodore Roosevelt. In 1990 it became part of the new Tumacácori National Historical Park.[6]
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, withSpanish Colonial Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 87001437 |
| 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 artistHerbert A. Collins.[10]
The museum building, a fine example ofMission Revival style architecture, withSpanish Colonial Revival details, was declared aNational Historic Landmark in 1987.[8][11][12][13]
Movies with scenes filmed in the park include:
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