Old Adobe Mission

Beautiful outside. Would have loved to actually go in. I walked by within their «business hours» every day for a week (different time every day). Every day that red closed sign was up.
Too bad. Looked like a cool little historical spot.

One of my favorite places. I always try to visit when I am in the area. So peaceful. Can’t wait to come back.

This is a neat little church in downtown Scottsdale. It has been around for years and served the community of farmers back in the day.
The really neat thing is that they have worked on restoring the building over the years. When you walk inside they have articles that show the history of this Mission. There is even an old original stained glass that was recovered and put back into the Mission. There are even original Abobe bricks inside that show how they were layered to build this structure.
There are historic photos along the walls to view.
This is a free place to visit, and they accept donations. It only takes a few minutes to stop in and see this historic treasure.

This church was built 80 years ago in 1933 by the poor field workers in the area. As they were able to raise funds things were added but the most impressive thing was every member of the church had a hand in building it.
Robert T. Evans designed the church in Spanish Colonial Revival style from ones he had seen in Sonora and New Mexico. The building is constructed with approximately 14,000 adobe bricks which were hand made and dried in the sun. Each brick weighs 50 lbs.
Bernabe Herrera handcrafted all 15 stained glass windows from discarded glass from St. Augustine’s Cathedral in Tucson.
Though the parish has moved to a larger church they have restored this wonder and still holds occasional weddings there.
The staff on hand are very friendly and informative.