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Two properties in Colorado are being considered for listing in the National Register of Historic Places, which includes Manzanola United Methodist Church.According to the National Park Service, the National Register of Historic Places is the official list of historic places across the country that are worthy of preservation.The local congregation had been worshipping out of a local elementary school for 15 years before the Manzanola United Methodist Church was built in 1908, according to History Colorado.“In 1915 the church took on a whole new life when it became the heart of a Black homesteader community known as The Dry, which was one of two such settlements in Colorado, the other being Dearfield in Northeast Colorado,” a 2022 History Colorado press release states.The congregation grew from 38 members in 1898 to 332 in 1933, according to the Otero County website.