Old Adobe NM Church

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DaddyO

Many a service there I am thinking. Always someplace to go when theres
enough folks about to support spot.

bbjones

I like the first one a lot!

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DaddyO wrote: »

Many a service there I am thinking. Always someplace to go when theres
enough folks about to support spot.

Your probably right about that Michael. People must have come from far and wide to attend this church. While riding around this area, it was obvious that people are very spread-out in this region.

I could spend a lot of time riding/exploring around northern NM.

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bbjones wrote: »

I like the first one a lot!

Thanks for the nice comment Brian!

GrfxMedia

I am partial to #2 with the contrast between the wood and stone surfaces, nice shots.

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GrfxMedia wrote: »

I am partial to #2 with the contrast between the wood and stone surfaces, nice shots.

Thank you for your comments!

lizzard_nyc

#1 is so good!
It looks like it was taken with an old film camera.

Great processing .

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lizzard_nyc wrote: »

#1 is so good!
It looks like it was taken with an old film camera.

Great processing .

Hey Liz,

Hope life is treating you well.

Thanks for the nice comment!

Ric Grupe

Places like this were everything to people looking for social interaction back in the day.

Even better than the internet...methinks.

Nice posting, Randy.

redleash

Well done, Randy! It does look like the focal point for the community--I am glad it is still standing and you thought to capture it. Now it will always exist! I like #1; the shadow of the side wall and the diagonal of the roof make very nice geometric elements. Were you able to go inside?

Hope all is well with you and your clan--
Lauren

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Ric Grupe wrote: »

Places like this were everything to people looking for social interaction back in the day.

Even better than the internet...methinks.

Nice posting, Randy.

Thanks for looking and your input Ric!

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redleash wrote: »

Well done, Randy! It does look like the focal point for the community--I am glad it is still standing and you thought to capture it. Now it will always exist! I like #1; the shadow of the side wall and the diagonal of the roof make very nice geometric elements. Were you able to go inside?

Hope all is well with you and your clan--
Lauren

Hey Lauren,

What was strange about this church, and the 4 dilapidated homes around it, was that it was out in the middle of no-where. I'm talking way out of the way!

That probably used to be very common back in the day, but it's striking to me, given the world we live in now.

Thanks for the comments Lauren!

Dogdots

Nice photos. I like how you gave them an old look. Fitting for photos like this.

Makes me wonder if this was a church for nuns? Houses for home and church for prayer.

Hard to find those old churches out in the middle of no-where now. Members have either passed on or moved into town. Around here they will save the bell, and bell town and place it on the ground with some kind of marker.

Did you see a cemetery near it?

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Dogdots wrote: »

Nice photos. I like how you gave them an old look. Fitting for photos like this.

Makes me wonder if this was a church for nuns? Houses for home and church for prayer.

Hard to find those old churches out in the middle of no-where now. Members have either passed on or moved into town. Around here they will save the bell, and bell town and place it on the ground with some kind of marker.

Did you see a cemetery near it?

Hey Mary,

Thanks for the kind comments, and no, I didn't see a cemetery.

redleash

Randy, I recently discovered an old church in the Hill Country that is up atop a hill on a dirt road (still today). It is across the road from an 1860s stone farmhouse still in the same family today. THe earliest settler held church in his home until a church building was erected. The church is still in use but is still in the middle of nowhere. I imagine folks driving their pickups to Sunday service, much like their ancestors drove buggies on the same dirt road. Not as interesting a church building as yours since it is still active but has the same "out in the middle of nowhere feel to it." Next time I drive up there I will get some better shots for you.

What part of NM did you find this one in?

Jack'll do

Howdy Randy

I find it amazing that places like this in your neck of the woods seem to remain untouched by today's thoughtless passersby. Here the outside would be covered in graffiti, windows broken, and the inside trashed. Nice pair but I really like #2 showing the doors and intact windows.

Be well

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redleash wrote: »

Randy, I recently discovered an old church in the Hill Country that is up atop a hill on a dirt road (still today). It is across the road from an 1860s stone farmhouse still in the same family today. THe earliest settler held church in his home until a church building was erected. The church is still in use but is still in the middle of nowhere. I imagine folks driving their pickups to Sunday service, much like their ancestors drove buggies on the same dirt road. Not as interesting a church building as yours since it is still active but has the same "out in the middle of nowhere feel to it." Next time I drive up there I will get some better shots for you.

What part of NM did you find this one in?

That sounds very interesting Lauren, please do post the pictures when you get up there to take some more. I love old buildings, and old churches have so much history to them, even if we don't know what that was exactly.

I'm not exactly sure of the location, I'd have to look at a map and guess. We were camping in Las Vegas, NM, and taking day rides out of there, just aimlessly meandering/exploring. I can tell you that it was somewhere west of Las Vegas, NM.

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Jack'll do wrote: »

Howdy Randy

I find it amazing that places like this in your neck of the woods seem to remain untouched by today's thoughtless passersby. Here the outside would be covered in graffiti, windows broken, and the inside trashed. Nice pair but I really like #2 showing the doors and intact windows.

Be well

Hey Jack,

This isn't exactly in my "neck of the woods". This was in northern NM, and I live in the D/FW area of Texas.

I have had the opportunity over the last few (16) years to explore Colorado and New Mexico quite a bit, a lot of it on my motorcycle.

For non-motorcycle people, a little explanation is in order. For most, a car/truck is simply a means to get from point A to point B, therefore a somewhat "direct" route is normally used. On a motorcycle, (yes this is cliché'), but it's the journey that's important. The destination is just a place on your journey. That said, on a motorcycle trip, the main goal is just to get as far off of the beaten path(s) as possible and explore America.

Northern New Mexico just keeps pumping out little jewels like this. For my travels, northern NM is quite unique in the remote areas that still exist, and the old buildings seem to have survived quite well, for the most part. It's the climate I guess.

Thanks for looking and commenting Jack

redleash

Randy, I guess I have a motorcycle heart, as I love to get off on the back roads and roam around. I just do it behind the wheel of a pickup truck! Most of my photographic efforts are geared towards my own ideas about the journey I am on . . . always on! There's a topic for discussion over a beer next time I get up to Ft Worth. Ya'll are welcome here anytime, you know. That includes Tater!

Cheers,
Lauren