Iglesia de San Elceario, South side of San Elizario Plaza, San Elizario, El Paso County, TX

Significance: The church dominates the village of San Elizario as did its predecessor, the chapel of the Spanish Presidio de San Elceario. The first chapel on the site would have been erected soon after the victim of both neglect and flooding of the Rio Grande during the early nineteenth century. By 1846 when American Army occupied the former Presidio the chapel was in ruins. A new chapel was begun in 1853, but may have been inadequate since the present structure was begun in 1877. The latest church building survives virtually intact on the exterior despite numerous changes to the interior.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-132, FN-133, FN-134, FN-135, FN-136, FN-137, FN-138
Survey number: HABS TX-3106
Building/structure dates: 1877 Initial Construction