La Cueva Historic District | |
![]() Mill and warehouse | |
Nearest city | Mora, New Mexico |
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Coordinates | 35°56′34″N 105°14′51″W / 35.94278°N 105.24750°W |
Area | 47 acres (19 ha) |
Built | c.1870 |
Built by | Vicente Romero |
NRHP reference No. | 73001144 [1] |
Added to NRHP | May 25, 1973 |
La Cueva Historic District, in Mora County, New Mexico near Mora, New Mexico, is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. The listing included five contributing buildings on 47 acres (19 ha). [1]
It is located about 6 miles (9.7 km) southeast of Mora at the junction of New Mexico State Road 3 and New Mexico State Road 21. [2]
La Cueva Ranch was founded around 1851 by Vicente Romero. [2]
The district includes a gristmill, a mercantile store and storage buildings, a ranch house and its out buildings, and San Rafael Church. The two-story home was built in the 1850s by/for Vicente Romero. The La Cueva mill, probably built in the 1870s, is a two-story stone and adobe building, built upon a stone foundation. [2]
Historic function: Domestic; Religion; Industry/processing/extraction; Commerce/trade Historic subfunction: Religious Structure; Single Dwelling; Manufacturing Facility; Specialty Store; Warehouse Criteria: event, architecture/engineering