choir loft

Current Use

Current Condition

Current Integrity

Jurisdiction/Ownership/Management

Interpretive Program

Site Access

Principal Building Materials

Plan Type

hall

Principal Facade Features

twin tower belfry

stepped wall

choir loft

Ancillary Features

kivas

San José y San Miguel de Aguayo

oia — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 23:02:56 +0000

San José y San Miguel de Aguayo oia Wed, 06/23/2021 - 16:02

Founded in 1720, this mission was named for Saint Joseph and the Marqués de San Miguel de Aguayo, the governor of the Province of Coahuila and Texas at the time. It was built on the banks of the San Antonio River and founded by Father Antonio Margil de Jesús. La ventana de la Rosa, the Rose Window, together with the main façade, have been considered one of the finest examples of baroque architecture in North America. Misson San José is today an active parish.

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TYPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS
HISTORICAL ANALYSIS

NPS-Aguayo

Historical Designation

Current Use

Current Condition

Current Integrity

mission moved to current location

Chronology of Preservation Treatments

1747-52

construction of granary and convent

1760s

perimeter stone wall built

1768-82

stone church completed

1813

church used for target practice during Mex. Rev.

1824

mission is secularized

San Antonio Consv. Soc. purchased granary and adjacent tracts of original mission

restoring efforts by WPA

1932-36

reconstruction

H.P.Smith and Bishop J. Shaw reconstructed the spanish residence and grape arbor

major reconstruction using modern materials

arches stabilized and vigas replaced

1983

National Historic Park created

doc.HABS

1988

preserv

frescos and sculptures restored

Jurisdiction/Ownership/Management

National Park Service

Partner Groups/Organization

San Antonio Conservation Society

Interpretive Program

Site Access

public transportation

Principal Building Materials

Plan Type

Principal Facade Features

Ancillary Features

Zuni Mission of Our Lady of Guadalupe

oia — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 23:37:44 +0000

Zuni Mission of Our Lady of Guadalupe oia Wed, 06/23/2021 - 16:37

One of the earliest examples of a Spanish Colonial era mission that was established in 1630 by Franciscan missionaires at Zuni Pueblo. The original mission complex included an enclosed adobe convento. The mission was partially burned and the priest killed during the 1680 Pueblo Revolt. Extensive additions occurred during the 18th century. The Mission was largely abandoned and went into a steady decline until the mid-1960s. A partnership between the Catholic Diocese of Gallup, the Zuni Tribe and the Bureau of Indian Affairs enabled the reconstruction of the Mission to be completed by 1970. The unique murals of Alez Seowtewa made in 2006 are representative of the Zuni culture.

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TYPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS
HISTORICAL ANALYSIS

Geolocation

35.0694, -108.8467

Historical Designation

Current Use

Current Condition

Current Integrity

mission destroyed at the time of the Pueblo Revolt

Chronology of Preservation Treatments

1699

Zuni people return to site

1705

church was rebuilt and renamed by Franciscans

1780

mission rebuilt with molded adobe bricks

church facade had two tower belfries and a balcony

1821

secularization

building falls into disrepair

1876

nave was decorated with Zuni religious images

1880s

North wall had fallen and been rebuilt 10ft. closer to the south wall

1906

mission is re-roofed

1966

the pueblo leased the mission site for restoration

modernization

maintenance and operation of the old mission church

NPS excavated

1969

reconstruction

mission reconstruction based on historical structure

church is not in use as a parish

Jurisdiction/Ownership/Management

Diocese of Gallup

Partner Groups/Organization

Zuni Tribe

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Interpretive Program

daily guided tours

Site Access

Principal Building Materials

red sandstone

Plan Type

hall

Principal Facade Features

two towers

balcony above entrance

Ancillary Features

Santo Domingo

oia — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 23:41:34 +0000

Santo Domingo oia Wed, 06/23/2021 - 16:41

During much of the Spanish colonial period, Santo Domingo was an important Franciscan mission center and the ecclesiastical capital of New Mexico. A mission church erected here before 1607 by Fray Juan de Escalona, was considered one of the largest and finest in New Mexico. Pueblo Revolts turned down the first church and Fray Antonio Zamora built a new church in the mid-1700s. The 1886 flooding destroyed the church and was rebuilt again around 1895 by French Father Dumarest being the one seen today.

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TYPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS
HISTORICAL ANALYSIS

NPS-Santo Domingo

Geolocation

35.5144, -106.3633

Historical Designation

Current Use

Current Condition

Current Integrity

spaniards designated it as the ecclesiastical headquarters for New Mexico

Chronology of Preservation Treatments

1607

built

1610

ca.1680

Pueblo Revolts burned and demolished the churches vacating the pueblo to avoid governor's reprisals

ca.1692

presumably the old church was repaired

1700s

Fray Antonio Zamora built a new church

at this time the pueblo had two churches side-by-side facing south

the older was used for burials

1887

people built levees to keep the water from Río Grande away but eventually the community is forced to remove the church doors and carry out the paintings

statues and anything that could be moved from the buildings

the floodwaters destroyed the church as well as the cementery leaving a steep bank where the building had been

1895

the church was rebuilt on high ground and resembles the previous church in style and construction

1973

historic center of pueblo including the church is added to the NRHP

Site Access

Principal Building Materials

Plan Type

Principal Facade Features

balcony above entrance

Ancillary Features

San Ildefonso Pueblo

oia — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 22:01:24 +0000

San Ildefonso Pueblo oia Wed, 06/23/2021 - 15:01

The Mission at San Ildefonso became the center of Franciscan activity in the north when first built. The church was burned down in the Indian revolt of 1696 and then rebuilt later by the Spanish. The new church remained practically unaltered until 1905, when several substantial alterations were made and the church was nearly entirely rebuilt.

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TYPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS
HISTORICAL ANALYSIS

NPS-San Ildefonso

Geolocation

35.8998, -106.1222

Historical Designation

Current Use

Current Condition

Current Integrity

considered a permanent mission

Chronology of Preservation Treatments

1601

built

1610

1680-96

gorwth/modification

church destroyed during revolts

Antonio Velarde donated a whole chapel

1904

church was destroyed by more progressive elements of the pueblo community

1905

the archidiocese built a new church with tin roof

1957-68

reconstruction

the church was replaced with a reconstruction of the 1711 church

Source of Funding

McHugh and Hooker Bradley P. Kidder y Asociados

Interpretive Program

guides available

Site Access

Principal Building Materials

Plan Type

hall

Principal Facade Features

wall belfry

National Register of Historic Places (Cochiti Pueblo)

Ancillary Features

San Buenaventura de Cochiti

oia — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 21:01:47 +0000

San Buenaventura de Cochiti oia Wed, 06/23/2021 - 14:01

San Buenaventura de Cochiti was completed in 1628, following the prototype for its time and location: thick adobe walls, a single nave and beamed ceiling. However, several interventions throughout the years transformed into a nondescript chapel, lacking of architectural style. Throughout the 17th century, this mission remained a visita of Santo Domingo Mission. It was one of three churches serving the Queres Nation. A 1667 reference was the first to attribute the mission name to San Buenaventura, who remains the patron saint. The present church was restored in the 1960s to what seemed its original structure but no original furnishings remain.

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TYPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS
HISTORICAL ANALYSIS

Geolocation

35.6089, -106.3502

Historical Designation

Current Use

Current Condition

restored

Current Integrity

post-pueblo revolt the mission was reportedly in poor shape and being rebuilt

Chronology of Preservation Treatments

iron bell clapper stolen and re-fashioned into tools

1880s

Lt. Bourke visited and noted the church had rotten ceiling beams

was white washed on the inside and had pine planks decorated by locals

1915

the church was given a pitched tin roof and a tall steeple

original wooden balcony was removed

the 20ft tall steeple later proved to be structurally unsound and was later shortened

1960s

restoration

architect Robert Plettenberg collaborated to restore the mission to how it appeared in early photographs

Source of Funding

Archidiocese of Santa Fe

Cochiti Pueblo

Jurisdiction/Ownership/Management

Archidiocese of Santa Fe

Partner Groups/Organization

Interpretive Program

Site Access

Principal Building Materials

Plan Type

simple hall

Principal Facade Features

wall belfry

Ancillary Features

Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Zía

oia — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 21:19:08 +0000

Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Zía oia Wed, 06/23/2021 - 14:19

The Mission Church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción at Zia rests on a mesa looking eastward. Zía was the principal settlement of Cumanes province. Fray Alonso de Lugo was placed in charge of Zia in 1598 and the first church followed soon thereafter. The convent was probably founded by Fray Cristóbal de Quirós in 1610. The church was rebuilt in 1692 after the Pueblo Revolt, when takes the name of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción. Current church has been recovered with stucco with cement plaster and a golden rust tint.

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TYPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS
HISTORICAL ANALYSIS

NPS-Zía

Geolocation

35.5036, -106.7233

Historical Designation

Current Use

Current Condition

Current Integrity

church falls into disuse after Pueblo Revolt

Chronology of Preservation Treatments

1613

built

1680

194-1704

growth/modification

Franciscans rebuilt the mission by 1704

1923

the Committee for Preservation and Restoration of the New Mexican Mission Churches made important restoration projects

including the addition of electric lighting and fresh stucco and a concrete slab for new roof

this made Zia part of the pueblo community

1970s

the Zia pueblo added electricity and gas heating panels to the interior

Jurisdiction/Ownership/Management

Pueblo of Zía

Guiding Management Plan

Interpretive Program

Site Access

Principal Building Materials

Plan Type

Principal Facade Features

Ancillary Features

Mission Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles de Porciúncula

oia — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 21:12:30 +0000

Mission Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles de Porciúncula oia Wed, 06/23/2021 - 14:12

The first church at the Pecos Pueblo was probably built by the Franciscan Fray Pedro Zambrano Ortiz by 1619. The people of the pueblo would not allow construction of a church closer to their dwellings. In 1625, a more permanent church was constructed outside the walls of the pueblo of Pecos, New Mexico. After the Spanish reconquest in 1693, a smaller church was built in 1717. The walls of this later church still stand on top of the earlier church's stone foundation.

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TYPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS
HISTORICAL ANALYSIS

NPS-Pecos

Geolocation

35.55, -105.6894

Historical Designation

re-established smaller mission on the ruins of the old until Pecos was depopulated

National Monument

Current Use

park

Current Condition

ruins

Chronology of Preservation Treatments

1880

Bandelier recorded the loss of the corbels and woodwork

1915

Jesse Nusbaum started scientific excavations and stabilization of the church and the convent

rebuilt portions of the rear wall of the sanctuary

stabilized the walls with concrete curbings

repaired the interior arches

Alfred Kidder excavated Pecos

1930s

Civilian Conservation Corps cleaned debris and attempted activities including removal of Nusbaum's concrete

they built up walls and replaced wooden beams

1960

designated a National Historic Landmark

1960s

Jean Pinkley stabilized the buildings including rooms backfilled earlier

1965

designated National Monument

Jean Pinkley excavated and stabilized the 18th century church and convento

Jurisdiction/Ownership/Management

National Park Service

Interpretive Program

guides available

Site Access

Principal Building Materials

Plan Type

cruciform

Principal Facade Features

tower belfry

flat roof

Ancillary Features

La Purísima Concepción at Hawikuh, Pueblo of Zuni

oia — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 21:08:43 +0000

La Purísima Concepción at Hawikuh, Pueblo of Zuni oia Wed, 06/23/2021 - 14:08

Zuni Pueblo, after the mission’s reestablishment yet again, the Zunis joined the general pueblo uprisings in 1680 and destroyed Mission La Purísima Concepción a final time. The Zuni and the Spanish then abandoned Hawikuh completely, never occupying it again.

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TYPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS
HISTORICAL ANALYSIS

NPS-Zuni

Geolocation

34.5556, -108.594

Historical Designation

Current Use

park

Current Condition

ruins

Current Integrity

the mission church showed signs of having been rebuilt several times however all that remains are eroded adobe walls of two or three feet tall

Chronology of Preservation Treatments

1680

growth/modification

the mission was destroyed by general pueblo uprisings

1917-1923

archaeologist Frederick Webb Hodge led an excavation of the site unearthing several sandstone walls and foundations as well as various rooms and artifacts throughout the city

1960

designated National Historic Landmark

1974

Zuni-Cibola Complex designated as National HIstoric Landmark

present

maintained as ruins

Jurisdiction/Ownership/Management

Zuñi Indian Tribal Council

U.S. Department of Interior

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Interpretive Program

guides available

Site Access

Principal Building Materials