National Historic Landmark- Taos Pueblo

National Historic Landmark -Taos Pueblo

One of the most traditional of the Eastern Pueblos, Taos has borrowed from Anglo- and Spanish-American cultures over centuries of contact, while retaining its cultural integrity and identity as a community.

In the 17th century, the Pueblo ...

National Historic Landmark - Seton Village

National Historic Landmark - Seton Village

The Village grew up around the 45-room castle built by Ernest Thompson Seton (1860-1946, artist, author, scientist, and one of America's greatest naturalists.

Seton was chairman of the committee that brought the Boy Scout movement to ...

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 - San Jose De Gracia Church

National Historic Landmark - San Jose De Gracia Church

Erected between 1760 and 1776, this is one of the best-preserved and most representative examples of the Spanish Colonial churches in New Mexico.

Interior decoration includes paintings on carved wooden reredos and sidewalls ...

National Historic Landmark - San Gabriel de Yunque-Ouinge

National Historic Landmark - San Gabriel de Yunque-Ouinge

These ruins mark the site of the first Spanish-built capital of New Mexico, established at a Tewa Pueblo which the Spanish took over.

The capital was moved to Santa Fe in 1610.

National Historic Landmark- San Francisco De Assisi Mission

National Historic Landmark - San Francisco De Assisi Mission Church

Constructed between 1772 and 1816, this is a large and excellent example of the New Mexican Spanish Colonial church.

The white stuccoed adobe walls are exceptionally massive.

National Historic Landmark - San Estevan Del Rey Mission Church

National Historic Landmark - San Estevan Del Rey Mission Church

Founded in 1629 by Franciscan Fray Juan Ramirez, this is a large, impressive example of the Spanish Colonial mission church in New Mexico, blending a European plan and general form with ...

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 - Rabbit Ears

National Historic Landmark - Rabbit Ears

A double-peaked mountain rising above level plains, this conspicuous landmark guided wagon trains on the Cimarron Cutoff of the Santa Fe Trail across more than thirty miles of the Oklahoma panhandle.

It was the focal point ...

National Historic Landmark - Quarai

National Historic Landmark - Quarai

The ruins here represent an important period in Southwestern history.

Mission La Purisima Concepcion de Cuarac was built in 1629 and abandoned in 1674.

The pueblo and mission here help to document the early period ...