Which New Mexico church did Georgia O'Keeffe call one of the most beautiful buildings in the United States?

Georgia O'Keeffe called San Francisco de Asís Mission Church one of the most beautiful buildings in the United States. The historic adobe church stands in Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico, and became one of her recurring architectural subjects.

O'Keeffe painted and drew the church from different viewpoints, focusing on its massive adobe forms, sculptural buttresses, and changing light. Her interest was not limited to conventional picturesque details; she isolated shapes and surfaces to reveal the building's visual power.

The church is frequently identified simply as the Ranchos de Taos church, which can cause confusion with other New Mexico missions. It was built in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and remains an important example of Spanish Colonial mission architecture.