National Register of Historic Places

Ilfeld, Charles, Memorial Chapel

Las Vegas, San Miguel County, New Mexico
Listed
September 25, 1985
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
85002657

About this property

The Charles Ilfeld Memorial Chapel, located in the Masonic Cemetery at Colonias & Romero in Las Vegas, New Mexico, was built in 1912. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The building serves as a chapel and as home for the Masonic Cemetery's caretaker. It is an L-shaped Tudor Revival-style building with buttresses at ends and midway. It is constructed of rusticated random ashlar sandstone, light brown in color, with reddish mortar. It has a dark brown wood shingle roof, half-timbering in its gable, bargeboards, and exposed rafters. It was deemed significant as "one of the most richly finished Tudor Revival buildings in New Mexico". It was funded in 1912 by Charles Ilfeld "the State's leading nineteenth-century merchant", who later would fund completion of the larger Adele Ilfeld Auditorium.

Location

Las Vegas, San Miguel County, New Mexico
35.59670, -105.23824

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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When was Ilfeld, Charles, Memorial Chapel listed on the National Register?

Ilfeld, Charles, Memorial Chapel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 25, 1985.

What type of historic resource is Ilfeld, Charles, Memorial Chapel?

Ilfeld, Charles, Memorial Chapel is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Ilfeld, Charles, Memorial Chapel is recorded as the industrial era.

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