About Santa Cruz Church
Santa Cruz Church is a Non-Denominational church located at 1220 SOUTH 6TH AVENUE, Tucson, AZ, 85713. You can reach Santa Cruz Church at +15206233833.
Santa Cruz Catholic Church
The Santa Cruz Catholic Church is a historic church near the Santa Cruz River at 1220 S. Sixth Avenue in Tucson, Arizona. It was designed by Bishop Henry Granjon of Tucson and built between 1916 and 1918. The Santa Cruz Catholic Church, or Santa Cruz for short, is significant for its construction using unstabilized mud-adobe bricks made in the Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation. It is also the largest known mud-adobe building in Arizona, and the state's only surviving example of a major public building built of adobe. Santa Cruz was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
Where is Santa Cruz Church located?
Santa Cruz Church is located at 1220 SOUTH 6TH AVENUE, Tucson, AZ, 85713. The building sits at coordinates 32.20655, -110.96858, placing it in Tucson, AZ 85713.
Location is approximate — drawn from the public street address.
Santa Cruz Church on the National Register of Historic Places
Santa Cruz Church is listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places under reference 94001196, added to the Register on 1994-10-07.
Read the official NPS nomination for Santa Cruz Church →
Churches sharing the architectural tradition of Santa Cruz Church
5 other US churches in the Spanish Colonial Revival architecture tradition are indexed in Churches List.
- St. Thomas the Apostle Los Angeles, CA
- Broad Street Christian Church Columbus, OH
- Riverside Baptist Church Jacksonville, FL · est. 1926
- Community Baptist Church Jacksonville, FL · est. 1926
- Colonial Baptist Church Jacksonville, FL · est. 1926
Santa Cruz Church by the numbers
Questions and answers about Santa Cruz Church
- What denomination is Santa Cruz Church?
- This church is part of the Non-Denominational tradition.
- Where is Santa Cruz Church located?
- Santa Cruz Church is located at 1220 SOUTH 6TH AVENUE, Tucson, AZ, 85713.
- Is Santa Cruz Church on the National Register of Historic Places?
- Yes — NRHP reference 94001196, added 1994-10-07.
- What is the architecture of Santa Cruz Church?
- Santa Cruz Church is a Spanish Colonial Revival architecture building.
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