San José de Gracia Church
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San Jose de Gracia Church | |
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| Location | N side of the Plaza, Las Trampas, New Mexico |
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| Coordinates | 36°7′53″N 105°45′28″W / 36.13139°N 105.75778°WCoordinates: 36°7′53″N 105°45′28″W / 36.13139°N 105.75778°W |
| Built | 1760 |
| Architect | Unknown |
| Architectural style | Colonial, Other |
| NRHP Reference # | 70000415 |
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| Added to NRHP | April 15, 1970[1] |
| Designated NHL | April 15, 1970[2] |
The San Jose de Gracia Church, also known as Church of Santo Tomas Del Rio de Las Trampas, is a church built between 1760 and 1776 in Las Trampas, New Mexico. Originally named Santo Tomas del Rio de las Trampas, the church is of adobe construction with a mud-plaster exterior, which is renewed periodically by parishioners. The church was reroofed and repaired in 1932 by the Society for the Preservation of New Mexico Mission Churches, led by renowned architect John Gaw Meem.[3]
The church ceiling is painted with 18th and 19th century designs, and the interior is decorated with notable artworks of 18th and 19th century santeros. The annual feast day is March 19.[3]
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1970.[2][4]
It is included in the Las Trampas Historic District.
Gallery
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Main altar, San Jose de Gracia, 1943. The main altar screen (and others in the church) were overpainted in 1860 by the Mexican santero Jose de Gracia Gonzales. FSA photograph. -
Interior, San Jose de Gracia, 1943. John Collier photo. -
Ceiling of the entrance, painted with 18th and 19th century designs.
See also
References
- ↑ Staff (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- 1 2 "San Jose de Gracia Church". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
- 1 2 Cash, Marie Romero, Built of earth and song : churches of northern New Mexico, photography by Jack Parsons. Red Crane Books, 1993. ISBN 1-878610-30-9
- ↑ Charles W. Snell (May 1, 1968). "National Survey of Historic Sites and Buildings: San Jose de Gracia Church (Church of Santo Tomas Del Rio de Las Trampas)" (pdf). National Park Service. and Accompanying two photos, exterior, from 1968 PDF (32 KB)
External links
- NPS National Historical Landmarks: San José de Gracia Church webpage
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NM-61, "San Jose de Gracia Church, Trampas, Taos County, NM", 13 photos, 1 color transparency, 5 measured drawings, 6 data pages, 2 photo caption pages
- Archive.org: The Architecture of San José de Gracia
- Las Trampas photos at Library of Congress
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