Photos: San Xavier Mission enters phase two of conservation project
Construction crew members with Means Design and building Corp. build scaffolding around the East Tower of San Xavier del Bac Mission to facilitate phase two of the Patronato San Xavier's conservation project at San Xavier del Bac Mission on March 24, 2021.
During the first phase of the East Tower project, from 2014-2018, important infrastructure work to the foundations and lower walls were completed.
For phase two, the Patronato will remove the last remaining cement-based plaster on the exterior of the East Tower and replace it with a traditional and compatible lime-sand plaster.
“Best preservation practice demands protecting what is there, not attempting to interpret what might have been” said Patronato Executive Director Miles Green.
The project is expected to take a year to be completed.
For more information about the project, visit patronatosanxavier.org/.
Conservation of Mission San Xavier's East Tower
Eric Means, bottom right, project general contractor, and Jarvis Juan, crew member, work on building the scaffolding for phase two of the conservation of San Xavier's East Tower project at San Xavier Mission, 1950 W. San Xavier Rd., in Tucson, Ariz. on March 24, 2021.
Conservation of Mission San Xavier's East Tower
Jarvis Juan, crew member of Means Design and Building, works on building the scaffolding for phase two of the conservation of San Xavier's East Tower project at San Xavier Mission, 1950 W. San Xavier Rd., in Tucson, Ariz. on March 24, 2021.
Conservation of Mission San Xavier's East Tower
Eric Means, project general contractor, and Jarvis Juan, crew member, work on building the scaffolding for phase two of the conservation of San Xavier's East Tower project at San Xavier Mission, 1950 W. San Xavier Rd., in Tucson, Ariz. on March 24, 2021.
Conservation of Mission San Xavier's East Tower
The scaffolding for phase two of the conservation of San Xavier's East Tower project is photographed at San Xavier Mission, 1950 W. San Xavier Rd., in Tucson, Ariz. on March 24, 2021.
Conservation of Mission San Xavier's East Tower
Visitors walk outside of the San Xavier Mission while Eric Means, project general contractor, and Jarvis Juan, crew member, work on building the scaffolding for phase two of the conservation of San Xavier's East Tower project at San Xavier Mission, 1950 W. San Xavier Rd., in Tucson, Ariz. on March 24, 2021.
Conservation of Mission San Xavier's East Tower
A poster informing visitors about the project hangs in front of some fencing while Eric Means, project general contractor, and Jarvis Juan, crew member, work on building the scaffolding for phase two of the conservation of San Xavier's East Tower project at San Xavier Mission, 1950 W. San Xavier Rd., in Tucson, Ariz. on March 24, 2021.
Conservation of Mission San Xavier's East Tower
Jarvis Juan, crew member of Means Design and Building, works on building the scaffolding for phase two of the conservation of San Xavier's East Tower project at San Xavier Mission, 1950 W. San Xavier Rd., in Tucson, Ariz. on March 24, 2021.
Conservation of Mission San Xavier's East Tower
Eric Means, project general contractor, and Jarvis Juan (not pictured), crew member, work on building the scaffolding for phase two of the conservation of San Xavier's East Tower project at San Xavier Mission, 1950 W. San Xavier Rd., in Tucson, Ariz. on March 24, 2021.
Conservation of Mission San Xavier's East Tower
Jarvis Juan, crew member of Means Design and Building, works on building the scaffolding for phase two of the conservation of San Xavier's East Tower project at San Xavier Mission, 1950 W. San Xavier Rd., in Tucson, Ariz. on March 24, 2021.
Conservation of Mission San Xavier's East Tower
Eric Means, project general contractor, watches as Jarvis Juan (not pictured), crew member, works on building the scaffolding for phase two of the conservation of San Xavier's East Tower project at San Xavier Mission, 1950 W. San Xavier Rd., in Tucson, Ariz. on March 24, 2021.
Rebecca Sasnett
Photojournalist
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