National and State Register

Handy Chapel

Mesa County

Built in 1892 to serve the need for an African American church in Grand Junction, the Handy Chapel has been a source of spiritual and physical comfort to the resident black community and travelers in distress.

A view of the chapel from an angle with white walls, red gable and pitched roof. There is a small bell tower on the left.

Handy Chapel (1999 photograph.)

The company town deeded the lots for the chapel not to a specific congregation but to all black citizens of Grand Junction.

National Register

Address

202 White Ave., Grand Junction

Site Number

5ME.4157