Phillips Chapel CME Church

	Phillips Chapel CME Church
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	NM State Register of Cultural Properties
	Post-restoration photo, front view
Location	638 N. Tornillo St., Las Cruces, New Mexico
Coordinates	32°18′54″N 106°46′25″W / 32.31500°N 106.77361°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1912
NRHP reference No.	03000735
NMSRCP No.	1828
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	August 4, 2003
Designated NMSRCP	July 13, 2003

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.^[1]

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."^[2]

It underwent an extensive restoration project starting around 2010 and ending in 2016.^[3]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Terry Moody (February 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Phillips Chapel CME Church / Lincoln High School". National Park Service. Retrieved February 4, 2019. With accompanying three photos from 2001
^ Minerva Baumann Las Cruces Sun-News (July 5, 2016). "Historic Las Cruces chapel restoration complete".
^ "History of Phillips Chapel".

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[nrhpdoc-2] Terry Moody (February 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Phillips Chapel CME Church / Lincoln High School". National Park Service. Retrieved February 4, 2019. With accompanying three photos from 2001

[baumann-3] Minerva Baumann Las Cruces Sun-News (July 5, 2016). "Historic Las Cruces chapel restoration complete".

[history-4] "History of Phillips Chapel".

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