The long reign of England's Queen Victoria (1837-1901) defines the Victorian period, style and architecture. The period is expressed through many styles and fusions, but perhaps the most popular and significant for New Mexico was the Italianate style, identified by its generous window proportions, brick and stone masonry, cast iron and pressed metal ornaments and elements. The Italianate was introduced in New Mexico by the railroad after 1879, and flourished until 1900, thus is common in railroad boomtowns such as Raton, Las Vegas and Silver City.
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Bridge Street Historic District
North Region: Las Vegas
Constructed 1890 Located on a downhill slope between the Plaza and the Gallinas River, what is now Bridge Street was originally the National Road or the Santa Fe Trail before the railroad arrived. This area was where the original settlements gardens and acequia madre (mother ditch) were located. As the Read more…
Eklund Hotel
Northeast Region: Clayton
Constructed 1892. The historic Eklund Hotel has been a landmark for travelers of the southwest since the 1890s. It began as a two-story rock building in 1892 (the west side of the present buildings). The ground floor was occupied as a store with rooms for rent until 1894 when Carl Read more…
Old Las Vegas City Hall
North Region: Las Vegas
Constructed 1882 Currently vacant, the former East Las Vegas City Hall has the distinction of being the first municipal building erected in the New Mexico Territory in 1882. The large heavy stone arches on the ground floor are representative of the Romanesque Revival style. The contrasting reddish brown and light Read more…
Palace Hotel
Northeast Region: Raton
The Palace Hotel was built across First Street from the Raton Railroad Depot in 1896 in the Romanesque Revival style. The elegant brownstone hotel was the most luxurious hotel in Raton until WWII when the popularity of La Mesa horse racing track eclipsed its location and popularity. The Hotel has Read more…
Palace Hotel
Southwest Region: Silver City
The Palace dates back to 1882. The Meredith and Ailman bank building was built in a superior manner. The iron front, painted dark green presented a remarkably fine appearance and the facade looked very imposing, according to the New Southwest. The Silver City Enterprise announced the opening of the Palace Read more…
Plaza Historic District
North Region: Las Vegas
Constructed 1835 After the Las Vegas plaza was founded near the Gallinas River in 1835, settlers quickly took advantage of the growing commerce on the Santa Fe Trail. The plaza of Las Vegas was the first settlement weary caravans encountered after nearly 800 miles on the buffalo plains, and villagers Read more…
Raton Downtown Historic District
Northeast Region: Raton
Constructed 1930. Developed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the Raton Downtown Historic District contains fine examples of the Romanesque Revival, Italianate, and Queen Anne styles, as well as the later Decorative Brick Commercial and Mission and Spanish Colonial Revival styles of the 1920s, 30s, and 40s. The Read more…
Silver City Historic District
Southwest Region: Silver City
Constructed 1900. The Silver City Historic District (SCHD) contains the core commercial downtown, the earliest and finest residences of prominent settlers, and important public buildings such as the Grant County Courthouse, which was the town’s first National Register district listing in 1978 (#375377). The Big Ditch or San Vicente Arroyo Read more…
Trinity Hotel
Southeast Region: Carlsbad
Constructed 1892. The building was built in 1892 as the First National Bank where it housed the town’s first newspaper and later became the historic headquarters of the Carlsbad Irrigation District. In 2007, three partners bought the building with the dream of restoring the decaying property. Many in the community Read more…