St. Christopher's Episcopal Mission

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St. Christopher's Episcopal Mission
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Nearest city Bluff, Utah
Coordinates 37°17′6″N109°30′49″W / 37.28500°N 109.51361°W / 37.28500; -109.51361
Area8 acres (3.2 ha)
Builtc.1943-c.1951 (mission house)
Built bymultiple
ArchitectLiebler, Fr. H. Baxter
Architectural style Mission revival/Spanish Revival
NRHP reference No. 02001042 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 18, 2002

St. Christopher's Episcopal Mission (also known as St. Christopher's Mission to the Navajo) is a historic Episcopal church 1.7 miles east of Bluff, Utah. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [1]

The property includes three contributing buildings and eight noncontributing buildings plus small structures. It is located across the San Juan River from the Navajo reservation which it served. A narrow suspension footbridge across the river allowed Navajo children to come to attend school at the mission, is not included in the property. A cemetery is also outside the property. [2]

The primary historic building is the mission house, built from about 1943 to about 1951. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Geraldean Meyer; J. Gory Jensen (May 23, 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: St. Christopher's Episcopal Mission / St. Christopher's Mission to the Navajo". National Park Service . Retrieved December 21, 2017. With 25 photos.