San Xavier

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CreatorAlonzo (Lon) Megargee, 1883-1976Browse TopicArt and Creative WorksSociety and CultureSubjectMegargee, LonSan Xavier del Bac Mission (Tucson, Ariz.)DescriptionSan Xavier Mission is one of fifteen murals painted by Lon Megargee for the Arizona State Capitol from 1913 to 1914. It shows the state's most important artifact of the Spanish colonial era. The original Jesuit mission, founded by Eusebio Francisco Kino in 1699, was built mainly with Native American labor. The mission was destroyed by raiding Apaches in the 1700s; a new church was completed in 1797. The 1797 mission is shown in this painting. The San Xavier mission still serves the Native community today.Date Original1913Date Range1910s (1910-1919)TypeStill ImageOriginal FormatPaintings (visual works)Contributing InstitutionArizona Capitol MuseumCollectionLon Megargee PaintingsRights StatementIn Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ Copyright and/or publication rights for all images in this collection are retained by this institution. Contact the Arizona Capitol Museum at 602-926-3620 or http://www.azlibrary.gov/museum for further information.

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City or TownTucsonSan Xavier Indian ReservationGeographic FeatureSan Xavier del Bac MissionTribal HomelandTohono O'odham NationCountyPima CountyStateArizonaCountryUnited States

PlaceTucsonSan Xavier del Bac MissionTohono O'odham Nation

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IdentifierSan Xavier.jpgDate Digitized2010-12-16Digital FormatJPEGDigitizing InstitutionArizona Capitol Museum

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