Chadbourne Spanish Gospel Mission
Non-denom Christian church in historic Conejos District in Colorado Springs
Chadbourne Spanish Gospel Mission
✟ Christian (Nondenominational Protestant) | Colorado Springs, CO
Located in the historic Conejos District, a working-class community of Jewish, Scandinavian, and Hispanic immigrants, the original building on this site was built around 1910 as a simple one-story grocery store. Under the leadership of missionary Ruth Chadbourne, it was renamed the Spanish Gospel Mission in 1930 and later renovated in the Mission Revival style. (A bell donated by Colorado College was installed in the bell tower in the late 1940s.) As a nondenominational church, the Mission offered services in Spanish and English, Sunday school, and Bible studies; provided adult education classes in English, sewing, and music; hosted sports teams and Boy and Girl Scouts meetings; provided food to needy children and gifts at Christmas; and hosted various community events. According to its application for the National Register of Historic Places (a designation it achieved in 2009), the Mission was “the only community gathering place in the area” and “became the nucleus of the neighborhood.” The Mission is the sole surviving structure from the Conejos District. Today it is home to the Chadbourne Community Church.