San Carlos Borromeo Chihuahua

The San Carlos Borromeo Church was built in 1908. It was originally the chapel of the former Quinta Carolina Hacienda. Although, due to its date (1909), it could be classified as an artistic monument, INAH classifies it as a historical monument because of its architectural significance and ornamentation.

In 1908, Don Luis Terrazas ordered the construction of the church located on the estate, dedicated to San Carlos Borromeo, the patron saint of the poor. The chapel, in Neoclassical style, has a rectangular plan with a single nave, two towers of different designs, and a sacristy on the right side. The upper cantera stone forms a double-pitched roof, crowned at the center by the sacred cross that identifies the chapel with its Christian vocation, and only some of its pieces have been preserved; the same situation occurs in some sections of the lateral towers.

In 1909, Don Luis Terrazas hired the Italian Ettore Serbaroli, who was responsible for decorating the entire presbytery with a mural dedicated to San Carlos Borromeo. This mural is considered the oldest in the city.