Farmington (New Mexico) Ward

Farmington, a town in the northwest corner of New Mexico, is close enough to the Mormon corridor to have a strong Mormon influence, which meant an early establishment of congregations. This also means that it had the chance to have some unique architecture, although not as much as central Mormon settlements.

(Image Source: Church History Library)

You can see that the building itself really isn't that unique, and it hasn't changed too much over time.


However, in conversations with the members, I learned that the chapel itself has a nice stained glass window, which was funded by a few members who got special permission. The window itself is still in very nice condition, although it was threatened in the 1980s when one of the bulbs burned out, and the Church's building department wanted to remove the window instead of fixing the bulb. After the ward and stake protested this decision, the window was allowed to remain.

It's a fine window for this chapel.