La Luz Historic District facts for kids
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La Luz Historic District
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 Location in New Mexico
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| Location | Off NM 83, La Luz, New Mexico |
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| Area | 18 acres (7.3 ha) |
| Built | 1860 |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne, Pueblo, Territorial style |
| MPS | La Luz Townsite MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 80002560 |
| Added to NRHP | October 23, 1980 |
The La Luz Historic District, in La Luz, Otero County, New Mexico, is a 18 acres (7.3 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The district included 27 contributing buildings.
It is located off State Road 83. It includes Queen Anne, Pueblo, and Territorial style architecture.
It includes the Juan Garcia house, an adobe house built around 1870.
It includes the old Nuestra Senora de La Luz Church, which was built in 1896. A replacement church was built in 1958, but the original still stands.
There is a different "La Luz" community of 95 adobe homes built mostly during 1968-72 which has been deemed a cultural property by the state of New Mexico, and which has been asserted to be listed on the National Register. The development was designed by Antoine Predock. That community is located within Bernalillo County, within the city of Albuquerque, between North Coors Road and the Rio Grande River.
