Built 1760 (1760) Designated NHL April 15, 1970 Area 2,000 m² | NRHP Reference # 70000415 Opened 1760 Added to NRHP 15 April 1970 | |
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Location N side of the Plaza, Las Trampas, New Mexico Architectural styles Colonial architecture, American Colonial, Spanish Colonial architecture Similar El Santuario de Chima, San Francisco de Asis M, San Miguel Mission, San Estevan Del Rey, Truchas Peak | ||
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.
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.
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1970.
It is included in the Las Trampas Historic District.
