Postcards From New Mexico: San Felipe de Neri Church, Old Town Plaza, Albuquerque, New Mexico

San Felipe de Neri Church, Old Town Plaza, Albuquerque, New Mexico

From the back of the postcard: This old church, built in 1706, is the most important historical landmark in Albuquerque today. building on left houses Sister Blandina Convent and on the right, the old Spanish garrison Building recently remodeled, is now used by the Jesuit Priests as their home. There is a signed and dated inked signature on the back: Dortha Stockton, April 1959

On a personal note, this curch is an important part of our family's genealogy and history. My father Andrew De La O was baptized here in 1924.

Postcards From New Mexico

Oldest House in the U.S.A.

Santa Fe, New Mexico

The caption below reads: Remnants of a pre-Spanish Indian Pueblo, first seen by white men in the time of Coronado (1541). Serving as residence for a Franciscan Missionary, along with Old San Miguel Mission, it was prominent in bringing Christianity to what is now the United States.

Postcards From New Mexico: Old Adobe, Las Cruces, New Mexico

I'm not sure how old this photograph is but the "100 years ago" reference is from the date the photograph was taken, not the current date. My uncle Lorenzo "Larry" De La O was born in an old adobe similar to this one. He was born in 1913. The photograph could be at least that old, the adobe structure even older.