The American Territorial period in New Mexico lasted from 1846 to statehood in 1912. U.S. Army architects and builders initially adapted the traditional adobe architecture to Greek Revival style, introducing wooden frame windows, classical doorways and columned porches, brick coping at the roof line, and formal, symmetrical floor plans. Territorial style proved popular in the later 19th Century and was sometimes accented with Victorian details and materials for a variety of textures and effects.
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Distrito de Las Escuelas Historic District
North Region: Las Vegas
Constructed 1870 The neighborhood immediately south of the Las Vegas Plaza was home to some of the first schools in the New Mexico Territory, and is named District of the Schools in Spanish. The Sisters of Loretto established an Academy here that educated generations of youngsters during the Territorial period. Read more…
Ernest L. Blumenschein House
North Region: Taos
Constructed 1860. Ernest L. Blumeschein was among the first professional artists to discover the many charms of Taos in 1898. According to legend, Blumenschein and artist friend Bert Phillips supply wagon broke down on the outskirts of Taos, and they found the adobe village by chance. They remained for decades Read more…
Firewater Lodge and Motor Court
Southwest Region: Truth or Consequences
Firewater Lodge is a Historic Motor Court located in downtown Truth or Consequences, New Mexico in the heart of the Historic Bathhouse District. This historic adobe motel building is a 50’s style motor court with classic charm. The guest rooms surround a charming garden sitting area with a fire pit. Read more…
Kit Carson House
North Region: Taos
Constructed 1860. Kit Carson gained national fame during the Santa Fe Trail era as a scout and military leader. Originally from Missouri, Carson settled in Taos and married into the local Jaramillo family. His house on Kit Carson Road near the plaza retains its distinctive Territorial style portal and is Read more…
Las Vegas Plaza
North Region: Las Vegas
The Old Town Plaza of Las Vegas was founded by settlers from nearby San Miguel, NM as the Santa Fe Trail gained importance as an international trade route from Missouri to Santa Fe. The Las Vegas plaza is where Gen. Steven W. Kearny and the US Army of the West Read more…
Mora Historic District
North Region: Mora
Constructed 1900 Mora was founded in 1835 after a land grant was awarded to settlers by the Mexican government. The land grant was called “Santa Gertrudis de Mora†thereby establishing St. Gertrude as the patron saint of the fledgling village. Mora residents rebelled against the new American regime in 1847 Read more…
Mora Plaza
North Region: Mora
The plaza of Mora is an undeveloped space just north of St. Gertrude’s parish in the heart of the village. The plaza is used by the parish as a parking lot, but plans are underway to redevelop the modest square for community uses. Background history of Mora: Hispanic settlers had Read more…
Old Town Residential Historic District
North Region: Las Vegas
Constructed 1880 After the Civil War, the prosperity of the Santa Fe Trail enabled the village of Las Vegas to expand out of the plaza vicinity. New adobe homes were built along the hillside near Our Lady of Sorrows Church and the Presbyterian mission church to the south. Some prosperous Read more…
Territorial House Inn
North Region: Taos
Constructed 1870. For the price of one cow and five pesos, Santiago Martinez acquired the one-half acre property in 1864 located less than a block from the Historic Taos Plaza. Actual construction on the property dates to the early 1870’s when the New Mexico Vernacular style building known as the Read more…