2025 ENDANGERED LATINX LANDMARKS
Year Built:
Albuquerque, New Mexico
San Felipe de Neri Carriage House
1902
San Felipe de Neri Carriage House in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is a deteriorating adobe structure listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It tells the story of Sister Blandina, a 19th-century Latina advocate who supported marginalized Hispanic and Native communities, building schools, hospitals, and public spaces. The Archdiocese of Santa Fe and San Felipe de Neri, with local youth and volunteers, are leading preservation and adaptive reuse efforts to transform the site into a living museum. Urgent action is needed to stabilize and restore this landmark, preserving a key site of Latinx heritage and historical memory in the United States.
"I have spent my entire life involved with the historic San Felipe de Neri Church on the Plaza in Old Town, Albuquerque. One of my fondest childhood memories was riding a donkey during Las Posadas. The Carriage House is being restored as a living museum for Sister Blandin."
— Pearl Rael, Chairman, Parish Pastoral Council, San Felipe de Neri Parish
The Abuelas
Project
The Abuelas Project collects, curates, and amplifies stories of important Latinx movements, sites, and people across the country.
This GIS project encourages intergenerational storytelling through Storymaps that focus on Braceros, abandoned Mexican cemeteries, Route 66, and more.
Latinx Preservation Toolkit
The Toolkit is a bilingual booklet that empowers Latinx communities by demystifying historic preservation. The Texas Toolkit highlights four Latinx heritage success stories across the state, defines preservation terms, and provides guidance on how students, community members, and youth can preserve their communities.
Our next Toolkit will feature diverse stories across the borderlands.
Nuestra Herencia
Grant Program
We launched Nuestra Herencia Grant Program in 2024, providing $600,000 annually for Latinx heritage and historic preservation projects. This funding initiative focuses on empowering grassroots, Latinx-centered nonprofits.
It is supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, in partnership with the Social Impact Fund, which has contributed $1.8 million over three years.