Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 02000032 Phone +1 520-457-3364 | Built 1881 (1881) Opened 1881 Added to NRHP 22 February 2002 | |
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Location 592 Safford St., Tombstone, Arizona Address 592 E Safford St, Tombstone, AZ 85638, USA Architectural style Gothic Revival architecture Similar Tombstone Courthouse State Hist, Rose Tree Museum & Bookstore, Bird Cage Theatre, Boot Hill, OK Corral | ||
Sacred Heart Church is a historic church at 516 Safford Street in Tombstone, Arizona, United States. It was built in 1881, purportedly with support by Nellie Cashman, an Irish immigrant who had been in the United States since age five. The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002 .
Cashman was a noted miner and local businesswoman owning a hotel /restaurant, who also worked as a nurse. She was said to have provided spiritual support to the convicted killers of the Bisbee Massacre, and to have prevented a public spectacle of their execution in Tombstone.
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