Photos: What fire did to DeGrazia Mission in the Sun
The historic chapel next to the DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun in the Catalina Foothills was heavily damaged by fire on May 29, 2017.
DeGrazia Mission in the Sun
Some smoke and fire damage is apparent in the entryway of the historic DeGrazia Chapel at DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun, at 6300 N Swan Rd., in Tucson, on May 30, 2017. The fire, which started Monday evening, heavily damaged the structure that was built in 1952.
DeGrazia Mission in the Sun
The inside of the chapel is covered with murals at the DeGrazia Mission in the Sun before the fire in 2009.
DeGrazia Mission in the Sun
Shannon Stone, the education director at DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun, at 6300 N Swan Rd.,surveys the damage to the historic chapel in Tucson, on May 30, 2017. The fire, which started Monday evening, heavily damaged the structure that was built in 1952.
DeGrazia Mission in the Sun
DeGrazia murals inside the chapel at the DeGrazia Mission in the Sun in 2009.
DeGrazia Mission in the Sun
Fire damaged the chapel last evening at DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun, at 6300 N Swan Rd., in Tucson, on May 30, 2017. The fire, which started Monday evening, heavily damaged the structure that was built in 1952.
DeGrazia Mission in the Sun
Visitors take a look at the Mission in the Sun at the DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun in 2005.
DeGrazia Mission in the Sun
Fire damage at DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun, at 6300 N Swan Rd., in Tucson, on May 30, 2017. The fire, which started Monday evening, heavily damaged the structure that was built in 1952.
DeGrazia Mission in the Sun
Murals line the walls in the Mission in the Sun chapel at the DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun, 6300 N. Swan in 2007.
DeGrazia Mission in the Sun
In the early 1950s, Ted DeGrazia began building his Mission in the Sun, part of what is now his Gallery in the Sun on North Swan Road.
DeGrazia Mission in the Sun
In 1952, Ted DeGrazia built the Mission in the Sun as the first building constructed on the property in memory of Padre Eusebio Kino, a Jesuit priest, and dedicated the mission to Our Lady of Guadalupe.
DeGrazia Mission in the Sun
Children emerge from DeGrazia Mission in the Sun north of Tucson during Las Posadas procession in the 1960s.
DeGrazia Mission in the Sun
The Mission in the Sun chapel is framed by a wooden entryway at the DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun in 2009.
DeGrazia Mission in the Sun
A DeGrazia mural and the surrounding chapel wall is badly damaged as local resident Ben Gell peers through an open doorway at DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun, at 6300 N Swan Rd., in Tucson, on May 30, 2017. The fire, which started Monday evening, heavily damaged the structure that was built in 1952.
DeGrazia Mission in the Sun
A broken saint lays outside a chapel window at DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun, at 6300 N Swan Rd., in Tucson, on May 30, 2017. The fire, which started Monday evening, heavily damaged the structure that was built in 1952.
DeGrazia Mission in the Sun
Local photographer Chris Richards surveys the damage including the charred benchs of the DeGrazia Chapel at DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun, at 6300 N Swan Rd., in Tucson, on May 30, 2017. The fire, which started Monday evening, heavily damaged the structure that was built in 1952.
DeGrazia Mission in the Sun
The charred remains of the altar area in the DeGrazia Chapel at DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun, at 6300 N Swan Rd., in Tucson, on May 30, 2017. The fire, which started Monday evening, heavily damaged the structure that was built in 1952.
DeGrazia Mission in the Sun
Some debris is still on the floor at the DeGrazia Chapel at DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun, at 6300 N Swan Rd., in Tucson, on May 30, 2017. The fire, which started Monday evening, heavily damaged the structure that was built in 1952.
DeGrazia Mission in the Sun
Shannon Stone, the education director at DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun, at 6300 N Swan Rd., looks through an open window as she surveys the damage to the historic chapel in Tucson, on May 30, 2017. "We're all just devastated here," she said. "We'll have to rebuild," The fire, which started Monday evening, heavily damaged the structure that was built in 1952.
Many who celebrated milestones there are dismayed by Monday's fire.
Blaze started as a structure fire.
Murals by famed artist damaged, fire official says.
The high is tied for the third hottest ever in Tucson.