Our Lady of Sorrows Church (Bernalillo, New Mexico)

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Location I-25, Bernalillo, New Mexico
Coordinates 35°18′55″N106°32′48″W / 35.31528°N 106.54667°W / 35.31528; -106.54667 Coordinates: 35°18′55″N106°32′48″W / 35.31528°N 106.54667°W / 35.31528; -106.54667
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1857
ArchitectFr. Joseph Failon
Architectural style Territorial Style
NRHP reference # 77000927 [1]
NMSRCP # 164
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 29, 1977
Designated NMSRCPMarch 20, 1970

The Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Bernalillo, New Mexico is a historic church on U.S. Route 85/I-25. It was built in 1857 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. [1]

Bernalillo, New Mexico Town in New Mexico, United States

Bernalillo is a town in Sandoval County, New Mexico, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the town population was 8,320. It is the county seat of Sandoval County.

U.S. Route 85 highway in the United States

U.S. Route 85 (US 85) is a 1,479-mile-long (2,380 km) north–south United States Highway that travels in the Mountain and Northern Plains states of the United States. The southern terminus of the highway is at the Mexican border in El Paso, Texas, connecting with Mexican Federal Highway 45. The northern terminus is at the Canadian border in Fortuna, North Dakota, where the route continues north as Saskatchewan Highway 35. The highway route is part of the CanAm Highway. Sections of US 85 are considered part of the Theodore Roosevelt Expressway.

Interstate 25 (I-25) in the U.S. state of New Mexico follows the north–south corridor through Albuquerque and Santa Fe. It replaced U.S. Route 85 (US 85), which is no longer signed, but still exists in route logs sharing the I-25 alignment. I-25 starts in New Mexico at an interchange with I-10 in Las Cruces and extends roughly 460 miles (740 km) before reaching Colorado. I-25 passes through principally rural land through central New Mexico and passes through or near the cities of Las Cruces, Truth or Consequences, Socorro, Belen, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Las Vegas, and Raton.

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It is a cruciform-shaped 120 by 65 feet (37 m × 20 m) stuccoed adobe brick building which served as a church for over 100 years. An adjacent modern brick church replaced it in 1971. [2]

Adobe Building material made from earth and organic materials

Adobe is a building material made from earth and organic materials. Adobe is Spanish for mudbrick, but in some English-speaking regions of Spanish heritage, the term is used to refer to any kind of earth construction. Most adobe buildings are similar in appearance to cob and rammed earth buildings. Adobe is among the earliest building materials, and is used throughout the world.

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Sandoval County, New Mexico Wikimedia list article

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. Sylvia Cook; John O. Baxter (October 19, 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Our Lady of Sorrows Church". National Park Service . Retrieved January 10, 2018. With six photos, historic and from 1975.