San Jose de los Duranes Chapel is a historic building in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The chapel was built around 1890 to serve the community of Los Duranes, one of several outlying plazas spread along the Rio Grande in the vicinity of the main plaza at Old Town Albuquerque.[3] The chapel was replaced with a new, larger San Jose Church in the 1960s, and fell into disrepair. In 1982–4, community members undertook a restoration of the building, replacing damaged or missing pews, rails, and doors, plastering the walls, repairing holes, and reinstalling the original religious artwork including paintings of the Crucifixion and a santo depicting St. Joseph.[4] 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 Duranes Chapel | |
 The chapel in 2012 | |
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| Location | 2601 Indian School Rd. NW Albuquerque, New Mexico |
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| Coordinates | 35°6′39″N 106°40′28″W / 35.11083°N 106.67444°W |
| Built | c. 1890 |
| Architectural style | New Mexico vernacular |
| NRHP reference No. | 84002854[1] |
| NMSRCP No. | 948[2] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | February 9, 1984 |
| Designated NMSRCP | August 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 and a small shed-roofed wing on the north side containing the sacristy. The building has a corrugated metal gable roof with a wooden-shingled gable end at the front and a three-sided hipped section at the apse end. The main entrance at the front of the building has wooden double doors underneath a wooden cross and a small belfry.[5][6] The original bell was stolen, but it was replaced with a new bell during the 1980s restoration.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "State and National Register Spreadsheet" (Excel). New Mexico Department of Historic Preservation. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
- ^ Lazell, Carleen; Payne, Melissa (2007). Historic Albuquerque: An Illustrated History. San Antonio: HPN Books. pp. 24–25. ISBN 9781893619753. Retrieved December 15, 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Tessier, Denise (May 15, 1984). "A Happy Ending". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved December 16, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Los Duranes Chapel". National Park Service. February 9, 1984. With two accompanying photos.
- ^ Dewitt, Susan (1978). Historic Albuquerque Today: An Overview Survey of Historic Buildings and Districts. Albuquerque: Historic Landmarks Survey of Albuquerque. p. 50.
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