San Francisco de Asis Church Ranchos de Taos New Mexico

San Francisco de Asis Church is a small mission in Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico. Construction on the church began around 1772 and was completed in 1815 by Franciscan Fathers and its patron is Saint Francis of Assisi. It is made of adobe as are many of the Spanish missions in New Mexico. It a few miles south of Taos Pueblo and has inspired among the greatest number of depictions of any building in the United States. It was the subject of four paintings by Georgia O Keeffe,and photographs by Ansel Adams and Paul Strand. Georgia O Keeffe described it as one of the most beautiful buildings left in the United States by the early Spaniards.