Los Tomases Chapel

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]

Los Tomases Chapel
The chapel in 2012
Location3101 Los Tomases Dr. NW
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Coordinates35°6′56″N 106°38′55″W
Builtc. 1920s
Architectural styleNew Mexico vernacular
NRHP reference No.84002876[1]
NMSRCP No.944[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 9, 1984
Designated NMSRCPAugust 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]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "State and National Register Spreadsheet" (Excel). New Mexico Department of Historic Preservation. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  3. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Los Tomases Chapel". National Park Service. February 9, 1984. With two accompanying photos.
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