Cowboy Country! The Northeast Region is filled with wide-open skies, ranchland and a can-do spirit.
Star gaze, bird watch and dance in the streets with real cowboys.
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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…
Raton Fire Station
Northeast Region: Raton
Constructed 1930 This one-story Art Deco-style building, constructed between 1930 and 1948, includes a white, horizontal tiled exterior. A stepped geometric parapet crowns the facade, and a large glass block opening with fluting above curves around the corner at the intersection of Second Street and Clark Avenue. The exterior veneer Read more…
Raton Post Office
Northeast Region: Raton
Joseph A. Fleck was commissioned to paint two murals in the Raton Post Office, “Butterfield Mail” and “Unloading Mail at Raton”, the first depicting Taos Indians and Raton miners in 1849 reading mail delivered by a scout on a white horse. The other mural focuses on the local mail system Read more…
Raton Railroad Depot
Northeast Region: Raton
Constructed 1904 Raton’s distinctive Mission Revival style railroad depot is an interesting variation of the California Mission Style, which was adopted by the Santa Fe Railroad as its trademark architectural style in the 1890s. The Raton depot originally featured an octagonal waiting room with a tower roof which matched a Read more…
Santa Fe Trail National Scenic Byway
Northeast Region: Raton
The Santa Fe Trail National Scenic Byway passes through multiple New Mexico MainStreet communities. The historic trail had two routes over time: the Mountain Route that went through Raton with its important pass into Colorado; and the Cimarron Route, which cut across the eastern plains of New Mexico and passed Read more…
Shuler Theater
Northeast Region: Raton
Constructed 1915. The Shuler Theater is a historic theater located in downtown Raton. Home to the local performing arts scene, you can see live plays, dramas, comedies, concerts and musical theater suitable for all ages. The foyer of the theater features eight mural panels created by Manville Chapman in 1934 Read more…
Union County Courthouse
Northeast Region: Clayton
Constructed 1909 The Union County Courthouse was built just three years before statehood and is an excellent example of Neo-Classical architecture in New Mexico. The building incorporates some of the classical details made popular by the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. 100 Court St. Clayton, NM 88415 | 505-374-9491 Image by Read more…