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]
Phillips Chapel CME Church | |
 Post-restoration photo, front view | |
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| Location | 638 N. Tornillo St., Las Cruces, New Mexico |
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| Coordinates | 32°18′54″N 106°46′25″W / 32.31500°N 106.77361°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1912 |
| NRHP reference No. | 03000735[1] |
| NMSRCP No. | 1828 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | August 4, 2003 |
| Designated NMSRCP | July 13, 2003 |
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]
It underwent an extensive restoration project starting around 2010 and ending in 2016.[3][4]
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ 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
- ^ Minerva Baumann Las Cruces Sun-News (July 5, 2016). "Historic Las Cruces chapel restoration complete".
- ^ "History of Phillips Chapel".
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