| Loretto Chapel of Sante Fe Album |
| Loretto Chapel was built between 1873 and 1878. The chapel was built without a staircase to the choir loft. The nuns of Loretto prayed a novena to St. Joseph the Carpenter for a solution. A mysterious man then came to the church and said he would build the staircase. He disappeared upon completion of the staircase without pay. The staircase was built with wooden doles and no nails. The original also did not have rails. |
| Looking to the back of the church. |
| The staircase originally did not have any attachments for support or railings. |
| The church is Gothic and patterned after Sainte-Chapelle in Paris. |
| A short history of the chapel. |
| The attachment at the top and rails were added later. |
| The staircase is considered to be a masterpiece of workmanship. |
| The north and south sides of the chapel. |
| Looking to the front of the church. |