Phillips Chapel CME Church

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Phillips Chapel CME Church
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Location638 N. Tornillo St., Las Cruces, New Mexico
Coordinates 32°18′54″N106°46′25″W / 32.31500°N 106.77361°W / 32.31500; -106.77361 Coordinates: 32°18′54″N106°46′25″W / 32.31500°N 106.77361°W / 32.31500; -106.77361
Arealess than one acre
Built1912 (1912)
NRHP reference # 03000735 [1]
NMSRCP # 1828
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 4, 2003
Designated NMSRCPJuly 13, 2003

Phillips Chapel CME Church (also known as Lincoln High School) is a historic Christian Methodist Episcopal church building at 638 N. Tornillo Street in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It was built in 1912 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. [1]

Las Cruces, New Mexico City in New Mexico, United States

Las Cruces is the seat of Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 97,618, and in 2017 the estimated population was 101,712, making it the second largest city in the state, after Albuquerque. Las Cruces is the largest city in both Doña Ana County and southern New Mexico. The Las Cruces metropolitan area had an estimated population of 213,849 in 2017. It is the principal city of a metropolitan statistical area which encompasses all of Doña Ana County and is part of the larger El Paso–Las Cruces combined statistical area.

National Register of Historic Places Federal list of historic sites in the United States

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It is a one-story adobe building, about 29 by 38 feet (8.8 m × 11.6 m) in plan, with buttresses against its front. It was described in its National Register nomination as "representative of vernacular church architecture showing a modest influence of local Spanish/Hispano architectural traditions." [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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Pre-restoration photo
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Post-restoration photo
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Mesquite Historic District commemorative plaque on the Phillips Chapel CME church

It underwent an extensive restoration project starting around 2010 and ending in 2016. [3] [4]

See also

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

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Doña Ana County, New Mexico.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. Terry Moody (February 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Phillips Chapel CME Church / Lincoln High School". National Park Service . Retrieved February 4, 2019. With accompanying three photos from 2001
  3. Minerva Baumann Las Cruces Sun-News (July 5, 2016). "Historic Las Cruces chapel restoration complete".
  4. "History of Phillips Chapel".

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