1. A recent book—D'Emilio, Campbell, and Kessell, Spirit and Vision —documented the history of the church and its attraction as a subject of paintings, graphics, and photographs. See also Robertson and Nestor, Artists of the Canyons and Caminos , 1976.

2. See O'Keeffe, Georgia O'Keeffe , unpaginated.

3. Kubler, The Religious Architecture , p. 103.

4. Domínguez, The Missions , pp. 112-113.

5. Ibid., p. 113.

4. Domínguez, The Missions , pp. 112-113.

5. Ibid., p. 113.

6. De Morfi, "Geographical Description," p. 97.

7. Boyd gave the date as 1815. Boyd, Popular Arts , p. 352.

8. Kessell, The Missions of New Mexico , p. 109. In a more recent publication Kessell assigned an autumn 1815 date for the consecration. Kessell, "Born Old," p. 119.

9. Boyd, Popular Arts , p. 352.

10. Field, Matt Field on the Santa Fe Trail , p. 42.

11. Kubler believed that window size may have increased two to three times. Kubler, The Religious Architecture , pp. 47-48.

12. Hooker, "To Hard Plaster or Not?" pp. 11-16.

13. Johnson-Nestor, A Report on the Exterior Plaster .

14. Robert Nestor, architect, conversation with author, August 1981.

15. Pogzeba, Ranchos de Taos , p. ix.