Built 1710-55, the heavily buttressed structure is 120 feet long. The interior is adorned with art, images of saints, a large Christ figure and a pictorial reredos that probably dates from the church's founding. Henri Ault's painting "The Shadow of the Cross" which in some lighting shows Christ carrying a cross and in other makes the cross invisible, is in the rectory. The church is located 4 miles south on Hwy 68.

Click to go to San Francisco de Asis Church's own Web site. You will locate other web pages at NMohwy.com that are very much like San Francisco de Asis Church at Historic Churches.

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Visit New Mexico Travel Guide' interactive American History project. A team of researchers is developing a site that will present U.S. history in the context of present day travel.