View of the Morada in San Francisco (Costilla County), Colorado. The one story adobe structure has a stucco exterior and a pitched roof covered in tar paper. A white wooden cross is hung near the buildings entrance with the initials F.P.D.N.P.J. (Fraternidad Piadosa de Nuestro Padre Jesús Nazareno) painted on it. A covered porch is on the exterior of the building. The structure was built around 1908 as a meeting house for members of Los Hermanos de la Fraternidad Piadosa de Nuestro Padre Jesús Nazareno, also known as the Penitente Brotherhood. The structure is listed in the State Register of Historic Places.
Date
2001?
Notes
Title and content derived from inventory prepared by Kathleen Barlow.; From inventory: "According to legend, Spanish settlers attempted to found a town in the location but encountered resistance from the Ute Indians. The settlers were successful after their patron saint, San Acacio, a Roman soldier, appeared in the sky and frightened away the Utes."; Scanned image from loaned collection.; R7001517602; Digitization sponsored by the Kenneth King Foundation.
Physical Description
1 slide: color.
Is Part Of
Tom Noel photograph collection.; Tom Noel photograph collection, notebook Costilla County.;
Subject
Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--2000-2010.; San Francisco (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Churches.; Adobe buildings.; Historic buildings.; Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Moradas--Colorado--San Francisco--Pictorial works.; Adobe churches--Colorado--San Francisco--Pictorial works.; Historic buildings--Colorado--San Francisco--Pictorial works.; San Francisco (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
Source
Source: loan, Tom Noel, 2010.
Rights
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
