Old Town Residential Historic District | |
Nrhp Type: | hd |
Nocat: | yes |
Designated Other1: | New Mexico |
Designated Other1 Date: | December 1, 1982 |
Designated Other1 Number: | 895[1] |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Coordinates: | 35.5919°N -105.2283°W |
Built: | 1942 |
Architect: | Multiple |
Added: | October 28, 1983 |
Mpsub: | Las Vegas New Mexico MRA (AD) |
Refnum: | 83004161 |
Old Town Residential Historic District is a historic district dating back to 1840. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
The district plus the previously NRHP-listed Distrito de las Escuelas comprises the majority of the historic residential architecture of WestLas Vegas, mostly adobe structures. Las Vegas was established in 1835 as a land grant from the Mexican government to a group of twenty-nine families.[2]