The St. John's Methodist Episcopal Church in
Raton, New Mexico is a historic church. It was built in 1897 and added to the
National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The listing included three
contributing buildings
In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distric ...
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It is a stone building. It was built of native red sandstone, originally with a mortar similar to ]adobe
Adobe ( ; ) is a building material made from earth and organic materials. is Spanish for ''mudbrick''. In some English-speaking regions of Spanish heritage, such as the Southwestern United States, the term is used to refer to any kind of e ...
which deteriorated. In more recently it was repointed with cement and a cement foundation was put into place.[ With ]
It is located on Johnson Mesa
Johnson Mesa is a prominent mesa in Colfax County in northeastern New Mexico just south of the Colorado border. The city of Raton is on the west and the community of Folsom on the east.
Description
Johnson Mesa is about long, running east to ...
about east of Raton on New Mexico State Road 72
State Road 72 (NM 72) is a state highway in the US state of New Mexico. Its total length is approximately . NM 72's western terminus is at Interstate 25 (I-25) in Raton, and the eastern terminus is in Folsom at NM 456; in between, ...
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See also
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References
Buildings and structures in Colfax County, New Mexico
Methodist churches in New Mexico
Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New Mexico
Churches completed in 1897
National Register of Historic Places in Colfax County, New Mexico
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