Guevavi Mission Ruins
Historic mission ruins in Arizona in Nogales, Arizona. Built 1701. Added to the National Register in 1971, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
La Misión de San Gabriel de Guevavi was founded by Jesuit missionary priests Eusebio Kino and Juan María de Salvatierra in 1691. Subsequent missionaries called it San Rafael and San Miguel, resulting in the common historical name of Mission Los Santos Ángeles de Guevavi.
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The record
| Property type | Site |
| Address | 6 mi. N of U.S.-Mexican border, Nogales vicinity, AZ |
| County | Santa Cruz County |
| Listed | Nov 5, 1971 |
| Reference number | 71000119 |
| Built | 1701 |
| Type of place | mission station, ruins, archaeological site |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 sites |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 6 mi. N of U.S.-Mexican border, Nogales, AZ |
| Coordinates | 31.41000, -110.90333 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Tumacácori National Historical Park · 14 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Calabasas 9 mi · Kent Springs Cabin 21 mi · Canelo Ranger Office 25 mi |
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Nearby in Santa Cruz County
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Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 71000119. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.