Old Town Residential Historic District (Las Vegas, New Mexico)
Old Town Residential Historic District is a historic district dating back to 1840. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
The district plus the previously NRHP-listed Distrito de las Escuelas comprises the majority of the historic residential architecture of West Las Vegas, mostly adobe structures. Las Vegas was established in 1835 as a land grant from the Mexican government to a group of twenty-nine families.
See also
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ New Mexico Historic Preservation #895 Archived 2014-11-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Chris Wilson (November 1, 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Old Town Residential Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved January 21, 2017. with 43 photos, historic and from 1982