List of National Historic Landmarks in New Mexico

This is a complete List of National Historic Landmarks in New Mexico. New Mexico has 44 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs), including Raton Pass which is shared with Colorado, and listed by the National Park Service as in that state.

Current NHLs

The NHLs are distributed across 22 of New Mexico's 33 counties.

	Landmark name	Image	Year listed	Locality	County	Description
1	Abo		01962-06-13 June 13, 1962	Abo	Torrance	Pueblo ruins, and ruins of a Spanish mission, Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
2	Acoma Pueblo		01960-10-09 October 9, 1960	Acoma Pueblo	Cibola	Native American pueblo built atop a 367-foot (112 m) sandstone mesa
3	Bandelier CCC Historic District		01987-05-28 May 28, 1987	Bandelier National Monument	Los Alamos and Sandoval	Civilian Conservation Corps buildings
4	Barrio De Analco Historic District		01968-11-24 November 24, 1968	Santa Fe	Santa Fe	Historic district including the oldest house and the oldest church in the United States
5	Big Bead Mesa		01964-07-19 July 19, 1964	Casa Salazar	Sandoval	Fortified Navajo village site; served as a base for trade and raiding from 1745 to 1812
6	Blackwater Draw		01961-01-20 January 20, 1961	Clovis	Roosevelt	Archaeological type site of the Clovis culture
7	Ernest L. Blumenschein House		01965-12-21 December 21, 1965	Taos 36.4039673°N 105.576137°W / 36.4039673; -105.576137 (Blumenschein, Ernest L., House)	Taos	Home of painter Ernest L. Blumenschein, co-founder of Taos Art Colony
8	Carlsbad Irrigation District		01964-07-19 July 19, 1964	Carlsbad	Eddy	Irrigation-related dams, spillways, other structures
9	Kit Carson House		01963-05-23 May 23, 1963	Taos 36.405159°N 105.572131°W / 36.405159; -105.572131 (Carson, Kit, House)	Taos	Home of frontiersman Kit Carson
10	El Santuario De Chimayo		01970-04-15 April 15, 1970	Chimayo	Santa Fe	Roman Catholic church, famous for the story of its founding and as a contemporary pilgrimage site
11	Folsom Site		01961-01-20 January 20, 1961	Folsom	Colfax	Archaeological site; type site for the Folsom tradition
12	Fort Bayard Site		02004-03-19 March 19, 2004	Santa Clara	Grant	Site of an 1866 post of Buffalo Soldiers
13	Glorieta Pass Battlefield		01961-11-05 November 5, 1961	Pecos	San Miguel	Site of decisive American Civil War Battle of Glorieta Pass
14	Hawikuh		01960-10-09 October 9, 1960	Zuni 34.938404°N 108.999155°W / 34.938404; -108.999155 (Hawikuh)	Valencia	Largest of the Zuni pueblos; founded in the 13th century
15	Las Trampas Historic District		01967-05-28 May 28, 1967	Las Trampas 36.1307009°N 105.7632853°W / 36.1307009; -105.7632853 (Las Trampas Historic District)	Taos	Founded in 1751 by twelve Spanish families from Santa Fe; known for the church of San José de Gracia
16	Lincoln Historic District		01960-12-19 December 19, 1960	Lincoln	Lincoln	Well-preserved cow town
17	Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory		01965-12-21 December 21, 1965	Los Alamos	Los Alamos	United States Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratory; site of the Manhattan Project
18	Mabel Dodge Luhan House		01991-12-04 December 4, 1991	Taos	Taos	Artists' haven, now a historic inn
19	Manuelito Complex		01964-07-19 July 19, 1964	Manuelito	McKinley	NRHP 66000894
20	Mesilla Plaza		01961-07-04 July 4, 1961	Mesilla 32.271867°N 106.804479°W / 32.271867; -106.804479 (Mesilla Plaza)	Dona Ana	NRHP 66000475
21	National Park Service Southwest Regional Office		01987-05-28 May 28, 1987	Santa Fe 35.665134°N 105.922622°W / 35.665134; -105.922622 (National Park Service Southwest Regional Office)	Santa Fe	Masterpiece of Spanish/Pueblo revival architecture
22	Georgia O'Keeffe Home and Studio		01998-08-05 August 5, 1998	Abiquiu 36.206172°N 106.316872°W / 36.206172; -106.316872 (O'Keeffe, Georgia, Home and Studio)	Rio Arriba	Home and studio of artist Georgia O'Keeffe
23	Palace of the Governors		01960-10-09 October 9, 1960	Santa Fe 35.685936°N 105.937504°W / 35.685936; -105.937504 (Palace Of The Governors)	Santa Fe	Adobe structure; construction began in 1610; served as the seat of government in New Mexico for centuries; oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States
24	Pecos Pueblo		01960-10-09 October 9, 1960	Pecos	San Miguel	NRHP 66000485, Pecos National Historical Park
25	Puye Ruins		01966-05-23 May 23, 1966	Espanola	Rio Arriba and Sandoval	NRHP 66000481
26	Ernie Pyle House		02006-06-20 June 20, 2006	Albuquerque	Bernalillo	Former home of famed war correspondent Ernie Pyle
27	Quarai		01962-06-13 June 13, 1962	Manzano	Torrance	Ruins in Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
28	Rabbit Ears	image pending	01963-05-23 May 23, 1963	Clayton	Union	Twin mountain peaks that were landmarks to wagon trains
29	Raton Pass		01960-12-19 December 19, 1960	Raton, NM and Trinidad, CO	Colfax, NM and Las Animas, CO	Mountain pass on the Santa Fe Trail along the Colorado-New Mexico border. Also in Colorado.
30	San Estevan Del Rey Mission Church		01970-04-15 April 15, 1970	Acoma	Valencia	Church founded in 1629
31	San Francisco de Assisi Mission Church		01970-04-15 April 15, 1970	Ranchos de Taos	Taos	Mission church on Ranchos de Taos Plaza
32	San Gabriel De Yungue-ouinge		01964-07-19 July 19, 1964	Espanola	Rio Arriba	First Spanish capitol of New Mexico
33	San José de Gracia Church		01970-04-15 April 15, 1970	Las Trampas	Taos	Built between 1760 and 1776; model of the adobe architecture; once used by Los Hermanos Penitentes
34	San Lazaro		01964-07-19 July 19, 1964	Santa Fe	Santa Fe	NRHP 66000490
35	Sandia Cave	image pending	01961-01-20 January 20, 1961	Bernalillo	Sandoval	NRHP 66000487
36	Santa Fe Plaza		01960-12-19 December 19, 1960	Santa Fe 35.685396°N 105.937498°W / 35.685396; -105.937498 (Santa Fe Plaza)	Santa Fe	Central park lined with grass, trees, and benches; Indian War Memorial monument; performing arts stage
37	Seton Village		01965-12-21 December 21, 1965	Santa Fe	Santa Fe	NRHP 66000492
38	Taos Pueblo		01960-10-09 October 9, 1960	Taos	Taos	Ancient pueblo belonging to a Northern Tiwa speaking Native American tribe of Pueblo people; approximately 1000 years old; multi-storied residential complex of reddish-brown adobe divided into two parts by the Rio Pueblo de Taos
39	Trinity Site		01965-12-21 December 21, 1965	Bingham	Socorro	Site of the first test of technology for a nuclear weapon
40	Village of Columbus and Camp Furlong		01975-05-15 May 15, 1975	Columbus	Luna	Site of 1914 raid by Pancho Villa that had wide impacts
41	Wagon Mound		01963-05-23 May 23, 1963	Wagon Mound	Mora	Landmark on the Santa Fe Trail
42	Watrous		01963-05-23 May 23, 1963	Watrous	Mora	Mountain and Cimarron Cutoff routes of Santa Fe Trail joined here
43	White Sands V-2 Launching Site		01985-10-03 October 3, 1985	White Sands Missile Range 32.399378°N 106.377814°W / 32.399378; -106.377814 (Launch Complex 33)	Dona Ana
44	Zuni-Cibola Complex		01974-12-02 December 2, 1974	Zuni Pueblo	Cibola, McKinley, and Valencia	NRHP 74002267

Historic areas of the NPS in New Mexico

National Historical Parks, some National Monuments, and certain other areas listed in the National Park system are historic landmarks of national importance that are highly protected already, often before the inauguration of the NHL program in 1960, and are then often not also named NHLs per se. There are nine of these in New Mexico. The National Park Service lists these fourteen together with the NHLs in the state,

They are:

	Landmark name	Image	Date established	Location	County	Description
1	Aztec Ruins National Monument		01923-01-24 January 24, 1923	Aztec	San Juan	Preserves ancestral Pueblo structures in north-western New Mexico
2	Bandelier National Monument		01916-02-11 February 11, 1916	Santa Fe	Sandoval and Los Alamos	Includes Frijoles Canyon; contains (restored) ruins of dwellings, kivas, rock paintings and petroglyphs
3	Chaco Culture National Historical Park		01907-03-11 March 11, 1907	Farmington	San Juan and McKinley	Densest and most exceptional concentration of pueblos in the American Southwest
4	El Morro National Monument		01906-12-08 December 8, 1906	Ramah	Cibola	Sandstone promontory with a pool of water at its base; shaded oasis in the western U.S. deser; Zuni Indians call it "A'ts'ina" (Place of writings on the rock); Anglo-Americans called it "Inscription Rock"; travelers left signatures, names, dates, and stories of their treks
5	Fort Union National Monument		01956-04-05 April 5, 1956	Las Vegas, NM	Mora	Preserves the second of three forts constructed on the site beginning in 1851; also ruins of the third; visible network of ruts from the old Santa Fe Trail
6	Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument		01907-11-16 November 16, 1907	Silver City	Catron	Cliff dwellings from the 1280s through the early 1300s
7	Pecos National Historical Park		01965-06-28 June 28, 1965	Santa Fe	Santa Fe and San Miguel	Includes parts of Glorieta Pass Battlefield, an NHL, as well as a mission and other areas.
8	Petroglyph National Monument		01990-06-27 June 27, 1990	Albuquerque	Bernalillo	Variety of cultural and natural resources including five volcanic cones, hundreds of archeological sites and an estimated 25,000 images carved by native peoples and early Spanish settlers
9	Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument		01909-11-01 November 1, 1909	Albuquerque	Torrance and Socorro	Reminders of this earliest contact between Pueblo Indians and Spanish Colonials: the ruins of four mission churches and the partially excavated pueblo of Las Humanas

See also

• List of Registered Historic Places in New Mexico
• List of National Historic Landmarks by state

External links

• National Register Information System, National Park Service.