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A 10-acre National Register historic district at the foot of the Santa Catalinas built by Arizona artist Ettore 'Ted' DeGrazia (1909-1982), including the hand-built open-roofed adobe 'Mission in the Sun' (1952) and the Gallery in the Sun (1965) housing thousands of his works.
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- ·DeGrazia (1909-1982), born in Morenci AZ, was one of the most reproduced artists of the 20th c. (UNICEF cards). Mission in the Sun (1952) dedicated to Padre Kino and the Virgin of Guadalupe; ~80% of its original murals lost to a May 30, 2017 fire, reopened fall 2019. Gallery built 1965 with cactus-rib flooring. NRHP-listed 2006. 6300 N Swan Rd. Coords from Wikipedia. K-10: 5+ facts.
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