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Socorro Mission | |
 Socorro Mission | |
  Socorro Mission Location within Texas  Socorro Mission Location within the United States | |
| Location | 328 S. Nevarez Rd, Socorro, Texas |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 31°39′33.64″N 106°18′12.55″W / 31.6593444°N 106.3034861°W |
| Area | 11 acres (4.5 ha) |
| Built | 1682, 1840 |
| NRHP reference No. | 72001359[1] |
| TSAL No. | 8200000247 |
| RTHL No. | 3407 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | March 16, 1972 |
| Designated TSAL | December 18, 1992 |
| Designated RTHL | 1963 |
The Socorro Mission, originally built in the late seventeenth century, is one of three Spanish missions under the stewardship of the Catholic Diocese of El Paso. The mission is a registered Texas historic landmark and listed in the national register as a site with national significance.
The original Franciscan mission, Nuestra Señora de la Concepción del Socorro, was founded in 1682 by the Franciscan order, to serve displaced Spanish families, American Indians (the Piro, Tano and Jemez) from New Mexico, who fled the central New Mexico region during the Pueblo Revolt.[2]
Originally, Nuestra Señora del Socorro was established near the town of Fabens and was moved to present day Socorro in 1682. In 1691, Governor Diego de Vargas, in the name of King Carlos II of Spain, gave the name of Mission de Nuestra Señora de la Limpia Concepcion de los Piros de Socorro del Sur (Our Lady of Immaculate Conception of the Piros of the Socorro of the South) to the mission.[3] By 1766, the Socorro Mission was being referred to as La Purísima Concepción del Socorro. In 1829, flooding on the Rio Grande shifted the river’s course, leaving the towns of Ysleta, Socorro and San Elizario on the future American side of the river and destroying the church in Socorro.[4][5][6]
The present Socorro Mission was constructed around 1839 to replace the earlier mission destroyed in the 1829 flooding. The mission, constructed of adobe surfaced with stucco, is particularly notable for its interior. The finely painted and decorated beams, or vigas, were built in 1691 by Piro artisans and were reused when the present church was constructed.[3] The massing, details and use of decorative elements of the Socorro Mission show strong relationships to the building traditions of seventeenth-century Spanish New Mexico.[2]
A full-size replica of the Socorro Mission was featured in El Paso's exhibit in the 1936 Texas Centennial celebration, at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. It was later dismantled and rebuilt as St. Anthony Church in Dallas.[7]
The Socorro Mission is located at 328 S. Nevarez Road south of El Paso on I-10 at Moon Road and FM 258, in Socorro, Texas.
See also
References
- ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- 1 2 Wayne Bell; Gary Hume (December 13, 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Socorro Mission / Mission Nuestra Senora de la Concepcion del Pueblo de Socorro" (PDF). Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
- 1 2 "Old Socorro Mission History | Texas Historical Commission". thc.texas.gov. Retrieved July 1, 2026.
- ↑ "Socorro Mission (Mission Nuestra Señora de la Limpia Concepción del Pueblo de Socorro) - Spanish Missions/Misiones Españolas (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved July 1, 2026.
- ↑ Texas State Historical Association. "The History of Socorro, New Mexico: From Early Explorations to Modern Mission". Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved July 1, 2026.
- ↑ Young, Janine (October 1, 2013). Diocese of El Paso: Centennial History. Strasbourg, France: Editions du Signe (published 2013). pp. 138–139. ISBN 978-2-7468-2951-0.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ↑ "LA PURISIMA-SOCORRO MISSION - Diocese of El Paso". www.elpasodiocese.org. Archived from the original on December 5, 2015.
External links
- National Park Service site
- National Archives Catalog Listing, National Register of Historic Places
- El Paso Diocese: La Purísima Parish–Socorro Mission
- Socorro Mission Preservation Project - El Paso County
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