Railroad Avenue Historic District (Las Vegas, New Mexico)

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
LocationU.S. Route 85,
Las Vegas, New Mexico
Coordinates35°35′38″N 105°12′45″W
NRHP reference No.79001551[1]
NMSRCP No.344
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 6, 1979
Designated NMSRCPAugust 28, 1974[2]

Notable buildings
Name Image Location Year built Style Notes
Castañeda Hotel 541 Railroad Ave. 1899 Mission Revival Two-story brick hotel with arcade, courtyard, and tower
Santa Fe Depot Railroad Ave. and Lincoln St. 1899 Mission Revival Two-story brick railroad station
Gross Kelly Mercantile Building Railroad Ave. and Lincoln St. 1898 Renaissance Revival Two-story brick building with attached warehouse
Golden Rule Furnishings 411 Railroad Ave. 1881 Two-story, two bay rubble stone commercial building with brick facing and twisted cast iron columns
Wells Fargo Building 613 Lincoln St. 1908 Neoclassical Revival Three-story, three bay brick commercial building
Center Block 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 515 Railroad Ave. c. 1900 Two-story, three bay brick commercial building
Rawlins Building 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
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "State and National Register Spreadsheet" (Excel). New Mexico Department of Historic Preservation. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  3. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination Form: Railroad Avenue Historic District". National Park Service. August 6, 1979. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
  4. "Century-old building's roof caves in". Santa Fe New Mexican. Associated Press. August 5, 2006. Retrieved October 10, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
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