The Railroad Avenue Historic District is a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Las Vegas, New Mexico. It encompasses three blocks of Railroad Avenue between Jackson Street and University Avenue, as well as the first block of Lincoln Avenue. The buildings in the district were directly related to the presence of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in Las Vegas and date from between 1879 and 1920.[3]
Railroad Avenue Historic District | |
 View south along Railroad Ave. from the Rawlins Building, 2005 | |
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| Location | U.S. Route 85, Las Vegas, New Mexico |
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| Coordinates | 35°35′38″N 105°12′45″W / 35.59389°N 105.21250°W |
| NRHP reference No. | 79001551[1] |
| NMSRCP No. | 344 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | August 6, 1979 |
| Designated NMSRCP | August 28, 1974[2] |
Notable buildings edit
| Name | Image | Location | Year built | Style | Notes |
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| Castañeda Hotel | 
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541 Railroad Ave. | 1899 | Mission Revival | Two-story brick hotel with arcade, courtyard, and tower |
| Santa Fe Depot | 
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Railroad Ave. and Lincoln St. | 1899 | Mission Revival | Two-story brick railroad station |
| Gross Kelly Mercantile Building | 
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Railroad Ave. and Lincoln St. | 1898 | Renaissance Revival | Two-story brick building with attached warehouse |
| Golden Rule Furnishings | 
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411 Railroad Ave. | 1881 | Two-story, two bay rubble stone commercial building with brick facing and twisted cast iron columns | |
| Wells Fargo Building | .jpg)
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613 Lincoln St. | 1908 | Neoclassical Revival | Three-story, three bay brick commercial building |
| Center Block | 
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Lincoln St. and Grand Ave. | 1899 | Richardsonian Romanesque | Two-story brick corner block with conical tower. Collapsed during a rainstorm in 2006 and was subsequently demolished.[4] |
| Strousse and Bacharach Building | 
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515 Railroad Ave. | c. 1900 | Two-story, three bay brick commercial building | |
| Rawlins Building | 
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529 Railroad Ave. | 1899–1902 | Neoclassical Revival | Two-story, eight bay brick building with cast iron front. At one time, the building housed a dormitory for Harvey Girls who worked at the Castañeda. |
References edit
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- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "State and National Register Spreadsheet" (Excel). New Mexico Department of Historic Preservation. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination Form: Railroad Avenue Historic District". National Park Service. August 6, 1979. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
- ^ "Century-old building's roof caves in". Santa Fe New Mexican. Associated Press. August 5, 2006. Retrieved October 10, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.