La Cueva Historic District, in Mora County, New Mexico near Mora, New Mexico, is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. The listing included five contributing buildings on 47 acres (19 ha).[1]
La Cueva Historic District | |
 Mill and warehouse | |
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| Nearest city | Mora, New Mexico |
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| Coordinates | 35°56′34″N 105°14′51″W / 35.94278°N 105.24750°W |
| Area | 47 acres (19 ha) |
| Built | c.1870 |
| Built by | Vicente Romero |
| NRHP reference No. | 73001144[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 25, 1973 |
It is located about 6 miles (9.7 km) southeast of Mora at the junction of New Mexico State Road 3 and New Mexico State Road 21.[2]
La Cueva Ranch was founded around 1851 by Vicente Romero.[2]
The district includes a gristmill, a mercantile store and storage buildings, a ranch house and its out buildings, and San Rafael Church. The two-story home was built in the 1850s by/for Vicente Romero. The La Cueva mill, probably built in the 1870s, is a two-story stone and adobe building, built upon a stone foundation.[2]
Historic function: Domestic; Religion; Industry/processing/extraction; Commerce/trade Historic subfunction: Religious Structure; Single Dwelling; Manufacturing Facility; Specialty Store; Warehouse Criteria: event, architecture/engineering
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b c d James H. Purdy (November 17, 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: La Cueva Historic District / La Cueva, La Cueva Ranch". National Park Service. Retrieved July 15, 2019. With accompanying seven photos from 1973
External links edit
Media related to La Cueva Historic District at Wikimedia Commons- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. NM-24, "La Cueva Mill, La Cueva, Santa Fe County, NM", 2 data pages
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