Mesilla Plaza

La Mesilla Historic District
Mesilla Plaza, looking northwest, 2005
Mesilla Plaza is located in New Mexico
Mesilla Plaza
Mesilla Plaza is located in the United States
Mesilla Plaza
LocationRoughly bounded by Calle del Norte, Calle del El Paso, Calle del Cura and Calleion Guerro, Mesilla, New Mexico
Coordinates32°16′27.519″N 106°47′43.6632″W / 32.27431083°N 106.795462000°W / 32.27431083; -106.795462000
Built1848
Architectural styleMission/Spanish Revival
NRHP reference No.66000475 (original)
82003323 (increase)
NMSRCP No.14, 776
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 15, 1966[1]
Boundary increaseJuly 20, 1982[1]
Designated NHLDJuly 4, 1961[2]
Designated NMSRCPAugust 29, 1980

Mesilla Plaza is the central plaza in the small town of Mesilla in far southern New Mexico. The plaza and a number of its surrounding buildings are a National Historic Landmark District, significant for its role in the transfers of power that brought first the original New Mexico Territory and later the Gadsden Purchase into United States control. The most notable building facing 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]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  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 June 11, 2008.
  4. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: La Mesilla Historic District" (pdf). National Park Service. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) and Accompanying photos, exterior and interior (32 KB)

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