Phillips Chapel CME Church, Las Cruces - National Archives
The Phillips Chapel CME Church is a simple one-room church located on the northeastern corner of North Tornillo Street and East Lucero Avenue. The historic building is the only remaining structure in Las Cruces that documents the city’s segregated past. A gathering place for the African American community since 1911, the chapel served also as a place of education for Black children removed from Las Cruces public schools between 1924-1934 due to segregation.
This National Register of Historic Places nomination was written by Terry Moody, an NMSU graduate student.
