Territorial and Victorian hotels are legendary in New Mexico (and some haunted!). Automobiles ushered in new family vacation favorites of motels and swimming pools and unforgettable desert sunsets. These memories are made every day in New Mexico lodging classics.
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Amador Hotel
South Region: Las Cruces
Constructed 1866. In 1850, Gregoria Rodela de Amador, a widow from Juarez, moved to the newly formed town of Las Cruces, where she may have opened a store.. Her son, Martin, expanded the business and began hauling freight between Santa Fe and Chihuahua. In 1866, Martin Amador built the original Read more…
Baker Hotel
Southwest Region: Deming
Constructed 1912. The Baker Hotel was built in 1912 for $30,000 by a pioneer ranch family named Baker. The handsome brick building was reputedly designed by the famed El Paso architect Henry C. Trost. The first floor lobby contained expensive leather furniture and was the meeting place for weathered ranchers Read more…
Belen Hotel
Central Region: Belen
Constructed 1910. The Belen Hotel was quickly built to accommodate the surging railroad business enabled by the rerouting of the major Santa Fe Railroad train traffic through Clovis and the so-called Belen cut-off. The building was purchased over a decade ago by famed artist Judy Chicago and her husband Donald Read more…
Belen Railroad Depot & Harvey House Museum
Central Region: Belen
Constructed 1909. The construction of the Belen cut-off railroad line through central New Mexico in 1907 was a great boon for the village of Belen. Within two years, the Santa Fe Railroad constructed a handsome depot and Harvey Hotel in the familiar Mission Revival style. Today, the Harvey House has Read more…
Casa Benavides
North Region: Taos
Constructed 1900. Casa Benavides offers 39 luxury rooms just one half block from the Taos Plaza. The Casa Benavides is ideally located on Kit Carson Road with easy access to local attractions and landmarks such as Kit Carson Park, Mabel Dodge Luhan House, The Couse-Sharp historic site, and a rich Read more…
Castañeda Hotel
North Region: Las Vegas
Constructed 1898 The legendary Hotel Castaneda, a former hotel built by Fred Harvey for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad is primed for restoration after a long period of inactivity. The hotel’s architects were Frederick Roehrig and A. Reinsch. The hotel is the oldest Mission-Revival Style building in the Read more…
Central Hotel
Central Region: Belen
Constructed 1915. The Central Hotel is similar in architectural style and construction to its more substantial neighbor across the street, the Belen Hotel. The Central also thrived on the heavy railroad commerce ushered into Belen by the Santa Fe railroad after the Belen Cut-off was completed in 1907. The Central Read more…
Charles Motel and Spa
Southwest Region: Truth or Consequences
Constructed 1938. The Charles is made up of two historical buildings. The Spa building, constructed in the late 1940s, and The Charles Apartments, built in the late 1930s, sit side-by-side on Broadway, awaiting the arrival of guests who venture to the southwest for a relaxing getaway, or on a quest 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…
El Fidel Hotel
North Region: Las Vegas
Constructed 1923 Originally called the Meadows Hotel, the El Fidel Hotel opened in 1923, billed as a modern inn to attract tourists traveling the country in their newfangled automobiles. It was the first hotel in Las Vegas, NM with bathrooms in each guest room. Today, the El Fidel is listed Read more…