C.H. Cook Memorial Church

Historic church in Arizona, United States

United States historic place

Significant dates

C. H. Cook Memorial Church
Formerly listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places


33°4′44″N 111°44′28″W / 33.07889°N 111.74111°W / 33.07889; -111.74111
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1887 (1887)
Architectural style	Mission/spanish Revival
NRHP reference No.	75000359^[1]
Added to NRHP	August 28, 1975
Removed from NRHP	May 13, 2019

C. H. Cook Memorial Church was a historic Presbyterian church on Church Street in Sacaton, Arizona. It was a large, two-story (approximately 6,000 square feet) mission revival building built of adobe and cement. The addition of the cement allowed for the unusual height for an adobe building.^[2] The church was one of the few two-story adobe buildings in Arizona, and could hold approximately 400 people.^[2] There is a small cemetery in the churchyard which includes the graves of the son and first wife of Dr. Cook, who died in 1884 and 1889 respectively.^[2]

The first church began in April 1889.^[2] The C. H. Cook Memorial Church was constructed in 1918 and added to the National Register in 1975.^[2] It was believed to be the oldest Presbyterian church in Arizona.^[3] The congregation moved to a new neighboring building in the 1980s.^[4]

The vacant church was destroyed in a fire on March 25, 2019.^[3]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Wilson, Marjorie (March 6, 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form". National Park Service. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
^ ^a ^b St Aude, Melissa. "Community mourns loss of historic Sacaton church". PinalCentral.com. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
^ https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/pinal/2019/04/02/historic-presbyterian-church-sacaton-burns-down-gila-river-indian-community-ira-hayes/3287477002/