La Luz Historic District

The La Luz Historic District, in La Luz, Otero County, New Mexico, is a 18 acres (7.3 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The district included 27 contributing buildings.[1]

La Luz Historic District
LocationOff NM 83, La Luz, New Mexico
Coordinates32°58′42″N 105°56′33″W
Area18 acres (7.3 ha)
Built1860
Architectural styleQueen Anne, Pueblo, Territorial style
MPSLa Luz Townsite MRA
NRHP reference No.80002560[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 23, 1980

It is located off State Road 83. It includes Queen Anne, Pueblo, and Territorial style architecture.[1]

It includes the Juan Garcia house, an adobe house built around 1870.[2][3]

It includes the old Nuestra Senora de La Luz Church, which was built in 1896. A replacement church was built in 1958, but the original still stands.[2]

There is a different "La Luz" community of 95 adobe homes built mostly during 1968-72 which has been deemed a cultural property by the state of New Mexico, and which has been asserted to be listed on the National Register.[note 1] The development was designed by Antoine Predock. That community is located within Bernalillo County, within the city of Albuquerque, between North Coors Road and the Rio Grande River.[4]

Notes
  1. This other "La Luz" does not seem to be listed on the National Register; it does not appear in National Register of Historic Places listings in Bernalillo County, New Mexico and does not appear in the NRIS database. Part of it does appear to be listed as #539 on New Mexico's list of Cultural Properties, as "La Luz del Oeste, Units 1, 2, and 3", listed 12/9/1977.

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. Ellen Threinen (May 23, 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: La Luz Township Historic District". National Archives. Retrieved May 13, 2018. Downloading may be slow.
  3. Ellen Threinen (May 23, 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: La Luz Townsite Multiple Resources Area" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved May 13, 2018. Downloading may be slow.
  4. "La Luz: A short description of a Planned Area Community".
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