Los Tomases Chapel
Historic church in New Mexico, United States
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Los Tomases Chapel is a historic building in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The chapel was built in the 1920s to serve the late-19th-century North Valley neighborhood of Los Tomases, and remained in occasional use in the 1980s.[3] It was listed on the New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties in 1983[2] and the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Los Tomases Chapel | |
The chapel in 2012 | |
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| Location | 3101 Los Tomases Dr. NW Albuquerque, New Mexico |
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| Coordinates | 35°6′56″N 106°38′55″W |
| Built | c. 1920s |
| Architectural style | New Mexico vernacular |
| NRHP reference No. | 84002876[1] |
| NMSRCP No. | 944[2] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | February 9, 1984 |
| Designated NMSRCP | August 25, 1983 |
The chapel is a one-story adobe building in the New Mexico vernacular style. It is approximately rectangular in plan with a polygonal apse. The building has a corrugated metal gable roof with exposed rafters and a three-sided hipped section at the rear. Both the east and west sides have three arched, wood-framed 1-over-1 sash windows, and the front entrance has wooden double doors with a transom.[3]
