National Historic Landmark - Santa Fe Plaza

National Historic Landmark - Santa Fe Plaza

The Plaza has been the social, economic, and (in its early days) defensive center of the city established in the winter of 1609-10; traders and travelers knew it as the terminus of the Santa ...

National Historic Landmark - Raton Pass

National Historic Landmark - Raton Pass

In 1821, Raton Pass was --opened--for wagon traffic to Santa Fe by Capt. William Becknell.

The pass played a crucial role in Kearney's conquest of New Mexico in 1846, and the Colorado Volunteers' staunching of the ...

National Historic Landmark - Puye Ruins

National Historic Landmark - Puye Ruins

Established in the late 1200s or early 1300s and abandoned by about 1600, this is among the largest of the prehistoric Indian settlements on the Pajarito Plateau, showing a variety of architectural forms and building ...

National Historic Landmark - Pecos Pueblo

National Historic Landmark - Pecos Pueblo

This sizeable Pueblo community on the edge of the Plains was occupied for over 400 years.

It was important in the history of the Spanish arrival in New Mexico, and the Spanish built and occupied a ...

National Historic Landmark - Palace of the Governors

National Historic Landmark - Palace of the Governors

Erected (1610-12) as the fortress of the royal presidio of Santa Fe, the Palacio Real is the oldest public building built by European settlers in the continental United States.

It served as the residence ...

National Historic Landmark-NPS Region III Headquarters Building

National Historic Landmark - National Park Service Region III Headquarters Building

The National Park Service's Region III Headquarters Building is a masterpiece of Spanish-Pueblo Revival architecture.

The largest known adobe office building in the United States, it contains an outstanding art collection, ...

National Historic Landmark - Mesilla Plaza

National Historic Landmark - Mesilla Plaza

Mesilla was founded in 1848 by the Mexican Government to bring Mexican citizens from territory recently ceded to the United States into Mexican domain; by the terms of the Gadsden Purchase Treaty (1851), the town ...

National Historic Landmark- Las Trampas Historic District

National Historical Landmark- Las Trampas Historic District

First settled in 1751 by 12 Spanish families from Santa Fe, Las Trampas flourished despite Comanche and Apache raids.

The village, a Spanish-American agricultural community, preserves significant elements of its 18th-century heritage in appearance and ...

National Historic Landmark- Glorieta Pass Battlefield

National Historical Landmark- Glorieta Pass Battlefield

In February 1862, a Confederate brigade of 2,500 Texans marched up the Rio Grande Valley, with the intention of driving through Albuquerque and Santa Fe, and onto Denver; 1,300 Federal soldiers moved to intercept them.

The ...

National Historic Landmark- Ernie Pyle House

National Historical Landmark- Ernie Pyle House

Ernie Pyle was probably America's most widely read and certainly best loved war correspondent during World War II.

Often on or near the front lines, he helped people on the home front maintain their ...