Constructed 1930. The Couse pasture and house gardens together interpret open horse pasture lands neat the plaza and also a cultivated garden of one the Taos communities leading art families. Bucolic pastures with magnificent mountain views are common in the Taos valley, but the Couse pasture is distinctive for its Read more
Constructed 1850. After the period of Mexican rule, New Mexico was claimed as a territory for the United States in 1846. President Fillmore established New Mexico as an official territory in 1850, and Taos became a county in 1852. Taos Valley flourished during this period and other cultures found their Read more
Constructed 1870. La Loma Plaza was one of the first settlements in the Taos area, established in the 1870s by settlers of the Don Fernando de Taos land grant. This plaza was built as an enclosure of homes with common walls, creating a defensive style plaza for the inhabitants. Most Read more
Constructed 1920. Silver Hill is a neighborhood in southeast Albuquerque which is significant as one of the oldest developments on the city’s east mesa. The neighborhood is roughly bounded by Central Avenue, Yale Boulevard, Central New Mexico Community College and the UNM campus. The early to mid-Twentieth Century neighborhood features Read more
Constructed 1930. On the north side of Central, the Monte Vista Addition was platted in 1926 by William Leverett. Due to topography and drainage concerns, the streets were laid out in an irregular pattern around two intersecting diagonal boulevards, Campus and Monte Vista. Leverett also set aside a large plot Read more
Constructed 1920. The Huning Highland district was Albuquerque’s first platted subdivision beyond the downtown area in the early 20th century. Doctors, merchants and teachers moved to the area, where the predominant architecture was in the Queen Anne style. In the 1920s, Albuquerque’s suburbs expanded east. Huning Highland was designated a Read more
Barelas is an inner-city neighborhood of Albuquerque located immediately south of downtown. It consists of the triangular area bounded by Coal Avenue, the BNSF railroad tracks, and the Rio Grande. Originally a separate village, it was absorbed into Albuquerque during the railroad fueled growth of the 1880s but still retains Read more
Constructed 1930. In October of 1906, railroad officials bought 640 acres of land, and on April 13, 1907 they filed the Clovis town site plat. Railroad facilities, including a large roundhouse, machine shops, offices for division personnel, and a Harvey Hotel, were established at the south end of Main Street. Read more
Constructed 1950. The Hot Springs Bathhouse and Commercial Historic District in Truth or Consequences consists of about 56 acres encompassing much of the city’s historic downtown and nearby mineral baths and apartments that served visitors who came to the health resort community between 1916 and 1950 when it was known Read more
Constructed 1849. The Mesquite District is recognized as part of the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, the historic Spanish Intercontinental Royal Route from Mexico City to Santa Fe. The original town site is rich in history and culture, with 22 of the original blocks still in existence and more than Read more