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

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

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