Mesilla Plaza

La Mesilla Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
U.S. National Historic Landmark District
U.S. Historic district
N.M. State Register of Cultural Properties
Mesilla Plaza, looking northwest, 2005
Location	Roughly bounded by Calle del Norte, Calle del El Paso, Calle del Cura and Calleion Guerro, Mesilla, New Mexico
Coordinates	32°16′27.519″N 106°47′43.6632″W / 32.27431083°N 106.795462000°WCoordinates: 32°16′27.519″N 106°47′43.6632″W / 32.27431083°N 106.795462000°W
Built	1848
Architectural style	Mission/Spanish Revival, Other
NRHP Reference #	66000475, 82003323
NMSRCP #	14, 776
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	October 15, 1966[1]
Designated NHL	July 4, 1961[2]
Designated NHLD	October 15, 1966[1]
Designated HD	July 20, 1982[1]
Designated NMSRCP	August 29, 1980

Mesilla Plaza, also known as the La Mesilla Historic District or a La Mesilla Historic District Multiple Resource Area, is an historic district in Mesilla, New Mexico.

The most notable building in the plaza is the Basilica of San Albino, which has been on the plaza since its establishment in 1851.

The plaza was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961.^[3][4]

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See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Doña Ana County, New Mexico
• List of National Historic Landmarks in New Mexico

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. "National Historic Landmarks Survey, New Mexico" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
3. "La Mesilla Historic District". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on April 6, 2015. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
4. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: La Mesilla Historic District" (pdf). National Park Service. and Accompanying photos, exterior and interior (32 KB)
5. Note: A National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination document should be available upon request from the National Park Service for this site, but it appears not to be available on-line from the NPS Focus search site.

External links

• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NM-205, "Barela-Reynolds House, Calle Principal"
• HABS No. NM-213, "Iglesia de San Albino, Calle de Santiago"
• HABS No. NM-214, "Maurin Building, Calle Principal"
• Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS) No. NM-2, "Plaza, Bounded by Calle de Principal, Calle de Parian, Calle de Guadalupe, and Calle de Santiago"