Phillips Chapel CME Church

638 N. Tornillo St., Las Cruces, New Mexico. County/parish: Dona Ana.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 04, 2003. NRIS 03000735.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Lincoln High School

From Wikipedia:

Phillips Chapel CME Church

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.

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."

It underwent an extensive restoration project starting around 2010 and ending in 2016.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77847257

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