Our Lady of Guadalupe Church and Medina Cemetery explained

Kim Schools
Coordinates:	37.1291°N -104.7996°W
Built:	1866 or 1867
Added:	November 15, 2019
Area:	NaNacres
Refnum:	100004628^[1]

The Our Lady of Guadalupe Church and Medina Cemetery in Las Animas County, Colorado, at Medina Plaza, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019.^[1]

The church dates from 1866 or 1867 and may be known more commonly as Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe.^[2]

It was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey as "Guadaloupe Mission Church", with photos taken in 1936 by photographer Frederick D. Nichols.^{[3] [4]} It is recorded as "built 1867" and "adobe with cupola".^[5]

It is located about 3miles east of the unincorporated community of Weston, Colorado. Satellite view shows what appears to be a cemetery across the road and up the hill a bit, not visible by Google Streetview.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Weekly list. November 15, 2019 . . November 16, 2019.
2. Web site: Las Animas County Colorado - las Animas Churches.
3. Web site: Guadaloupe Mission Church, Medina Plaza, Weston, Las Animas County, CO . . November 16, 2019. and subpage https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/co0027.photos.021657p/
4. Web site: Guadaloupe Mission Church, Medina Plaza, Weston, las Animas County, CO. Library of Congress.
5. https://cdn.loc.gov/master/pnp/habshaer/co/co0000/co0027/supp/co0027supp.pdf
6. Google maps, Google satellite view and Google Streetview, accessed November 2019.