In the 1930s Father Agnellus Lammert, a Franciscan pastor at Acoma and Laguna, collaborated with architect John Gaw Meem on four churches built by their respective pueblos. Meem provided plans and Lammert supervised construction of Santa María de Acoma in McCartys (1933), St. Mary Margaret in Paraje (1935), Sacred Heart in Mesita (1936), and St. Anne in Acomita (1940).
Attached in pdf is a short article by Frank Graziano on development of the two Lammert/Meem churches at Acoma Pueblo.
The historic photos below are from the FATHER AGNELLUS LAMMERT PICTORIAL COLLECTION at UNM's Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections. The Meem drawings are from the JOHN GAW MEEM PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION OF MEEM BUILDINGS at the same archive. Special thanks to archivist Chris Geherin for his assistance. The color photos are by Frank Graziano.
