San Estevan del Rey Mission Church

On NM 23, Acoma, New Mexico. County/parish: Valencia.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 15, 1970. NRIS 70000417.

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From Wikipedia:

San Estévan del Rey Mission Church

San Estévan del Rey Mission Church is a Spanish mission church in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gallup on the Acoma Pueblo Reservation in western New Mexico. Built between 1629 and 1641, it is one of the finest extant examples of hybrid Spanish Colonial and Puebloan architectural styles. It was named for Saint Stephen I of Hungary. The church was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1970, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It remains a mission church and is part of the parish of San José de la Laguna in Laguna, New Mexico.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77847048

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