Our Lady of Guadalupe Church and Medina Cemetery

The Our Lady of Guadalupe Church and Medina Cemetery in Las Animas County, Colorado, at Medina Plaza, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019.[1]

Kim Schools
The property in 2019
Our Lady of Guadalupe Church and Medina Cemetery is located in Colorado
Our Lady of Guadalupe Church and Medina Cemetery
LocationCO Hwy. 12, Medina Plaza, Colorado
Coordinates37°07′45″N 104°47′59″W / 37.129112°N 104.799595°W / 37.129112; -104.799595
Built1866 or 1867
NRHP reference No.100004628[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 15, 2019

The church dates from 1866 or 1867[2] and may be known more commonly as Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe.[3]

It was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey as "Guadaloupe Mission Church", with photos taken in 1936 by photographer Frederick D. Nichols.[4][5] It is recorded as "built 1867" and "adobe with cupola".[2]

It is located about 3 miles (4.8 km) east of the unincorporated community of Weston, Colorado. Satellite view shows what appears to be a cemetery across the road and up the hill a bit, not visible by Google Streetview.[6]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Weekly list". National Park Service. November 15, 2019. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
  2. ^ a b https://cdn.loc.gov/master/pnp/habshaer/co/co0000/co0027/supp/co0027supp.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  3. ^ "Las Animas County Colorado - las Animas Churches".
  4. ^ "Guadaloupe Mission Church, Medina Plaza, Weston, Las Animas County, CO". Historic American Buildings Survey. Retrieved November 16, 2019. and subpage [1]
  5. ^ "Guadaloupe Mission Church, Medina Plaza, Weston, las Animas County, CO". Library of Congress.
  6. ^ Google maps, Google satellite view and Google Streetview, accessed November 2019.