Missions & Churches Historic Churches of Old Bisbee
Experience the history of Bisbee, Arizona, through its historic churches. Tour begins at the century-old Covenant Presbyterian Church built in 1903 by the Phelps Dodge Mining Company in the style of the Reformed Churches of Scotland and featuring lovely stained glass windows. Refreshments served while a presentation of the history of Bisbee churches is displayed.
Next, walk uphill to the oldest church in Bisbee, the First Methodist Church (1900) and then on to St. John's Episcopal Church (1904), which has a magnificent Tiffany stained glass window. The tour concludes at St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church (1917). This is a basilica structure in the Gothic Revival style with 31 beautiful Victorian stained glass windows designed and produced in the Emil Frei studios in St. Louis. This church is modeled after St. Begh's in Winterhaven, England.
Remain in Bisbee for lunch and to shop on your own, or continue on to the Turquoise Valley Golf Club in the Arizona border town of Naco, for an authentic Sonoran-style lunch. Afterward, the group will tour a few churches along the border including St. Michael's Roman Catholic Mission Church and the Serbian Orthodox Church.
Sample Menu: Homemade scones and coffee
Cost: $15/person for complete tour, $5/person for Old Bisbee Tour only
Attendees: 20 min./50 max.
Length: 4 hours for complete tour, 2 hours for Old Bisbee Tour only
Contact: Ida Johnson, 614 Arizona St., Bisbee, AZ 85603, Ph: 520-432-5732
More Missions & Churches
St. Augustine Cathedral Dating back to 1896, the building has a sandstone façade modeled after the Cathedral of Queretaro in Mexico. 520-623-6351, www.staugustinecathedral.com, downtown Tucson. Open for services.
"El Tiradito"-The Wishing Shrine Legend says your wish will come true if you light a candle at the shrine in the evening and it burns all night. Downtown Tucson.
St. Philip's in the Hills Episcopal Church Noted Tucson architect Josias Joesler designed the church in 1936. 299-6421, north Tucson. Open for services.
DeGrazia's Mission in the Sun This eclectic, rustic chapel, built by the late world-famous Tucson painter Ted DeGrazia, is covered with the artist's murals.
Mission San Xavier del Bac Once part of a chain of churches that stretched from northern Mexico to the western U.S., this brilliant white structure is considered the "Sistine Chapel of North America."
St. Ann's Catholic Church A self-guided walking tour of Tubac leads to charming St. Ann's Catholic Church, a place of worship almost continuously for 250 years. 398-2646, off I-19 at exit 34, Tubac, AZ. Open for services.
Tumacácori National Historical Park This massive adobe ruin was originally built around 1800 by Franciscan priests.
Holy Trinity Monastery This small Catholic monastery sits on 92 acres and contains a pecan orchard, beautiful chapel, small convent, and a cross tall enough to be seen from the highway. 520-720-4642, off AZ Hwy. 80, near St. David, AZ. Free.
St. Paul's Episcopal Church The oldest existing Protestant church in Arizona, constructed in 1881. Off AZ Hwy. 80, 3rd and Safford Sts., Tombstone, AZ. Open for services.
Our Lady of the Sierras Shrine This shrine includes a 75-foot Celtic cross, 31-foot statue
of the Madonna, and a small chapel. 520-378-2950, off AZ Hwy. 92, Hereford, AZ. www.ourladyofthesierras.org.
St. Patrick's Catholic Church Built in 1916, the church features stained-glass windows designed by Emil Frei, an award-winning artist from the early 1900s whose Victorian designs are considered among the best in the world. 520-432-5753, off AZ Hwy. 80, Tombstone Canyon Rd., Bisbee, AZ. Open for services.
St. John's Episcopal Church Dedicated in 1904, one of the rear stained-glass windows is a Tiffany. 520-432-7006, off AZ Hwy. 80, Howell Rd., Bisbee, AZ. Open for services.
Church Square Listed in Guinness Book of Records as the only intersection in the nation containing four different churches: Southern Baptist, Presbyterian, Lutheran, and Methodist. Off AZ Hwy. 80, Douglas, AZ. Open for services. |
