Taos Downtown Historic District

Taos Downtown Historic District
Taos Downtown Historic District is located in New Mexico
Taos Downtown Historic District
LocationNM 3 and NM 240,
Taos, New Mexico
Coordinates36°24′24″N 105°34′23″W / 36.40667°N 105.57306°W / 36.40667; -105.57306
Area30 acres (12 ha)
Architectmultiple
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Colonial
NRHP reference No.82003340[1]
NMSRCP No.860
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJuly 8, 1982
Designated NMSRCPApril 15, 1982
Map of Santa Fe Trail and El Camino Real Trail
An 1883 photograph of the Taos Plaza taken from the southeast corner.[2]
E. Irving Couse Studio, Taos

Taos Downtown Historic District is a historic district in Taos, New Mexico.[3] Taos "played a major role in the development of New Mexico, under Spanish, Mexican, and American governments." It is a key historical feature of the Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway of northern New Mexico.[4]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Taos Bleiler was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Taos Downtown Historic District. National Park Service. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
  4. ^ United States. Forest Service. Southwestern Region (1990). Enchanted Circle and Valle Vidal Loop tours: Carson National Forest. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. p. 4.

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