La Luz Historic District | |
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Location | Off NM 83, La Luz, New Mexico |
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Coordinates | 32°58′42″N 105°56′33″W / 32.97833°N 105.94250°W |
Area | 18 acres (7.3 ha) |
Built | 1860 |
Architectural style | Queen Anne, Pueblo, Territorial style |
MPS | La Luz Townsite MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 80002560 [1] |
Added to NRHP | October 23, 1980 |
The La Luz Historic District is a 18 acres (7.3 ha) historic district in La Luz, Otero County, New Mexico, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The district included 27 contributing buildings. [1]
The historic district is located off State Road 83. It includes Queen Anne, Pueblo, and Territorial style architecture. [1]
The district includes the Juan Garcia house, an adobe house built around 1870. [2] [3] It also 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. [2]
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. [note 1] 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. [4]