National Register of Historic Places - New Mexico (NM), Colfax County

Colfax County New Mexico (Historic Districts) has 7 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Point of Rocks Historic District, Raton Downtown Historic District and Villa Philmonte Historic District, Cimmaron Historic District and Original Townsite Historic District.

The famous person Waite Phillips is associated with one of more of the Colfax County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Colfax County places including Edward Buehler Delk, William M. & Isaac H. Rapp, George C. Burnett and Henry Lambert. Prominent architectural styles found in Colfax Country are Classical Revival, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals and Mission/Spanish Revival.

Cimmaron Historic District (added 1973 - - #73001140)

S edge of city along NM 21 , Cimmaron

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Lambert,Henry

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture, Historic - Aboriginal, Commerce

Cultural Affiliation:

Ute, Apache

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Government

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Correctional Facility, Courthouse

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Business, Hotel

Original Townsite Historic District (added 2008 - - #08000230)

Roughly bounded by Clark & Cimmaron Aves., S. 2nd & S. 7th Sts. , Raton

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Burnett, George C., Rapp, William M. & Isaac H.

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Architecture, Politics/Government

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Domestic, Education, Religion, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Meeting Hall, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Education, Religion, Social

Current Sub-function:

Meeting Hall, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling

Point of Rocks Historic District (added 1994 - - #94000328)

Also known as NPS Master Plan #133

Jones Well Rd., 1.5 mi. E of Point of Rocks Rd. , Springer

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Funerary, Landscape, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery, Natural Feature, Road-Related

Current Function:

Funerary, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery, Natural Feature

Raton Downtown Historic District (added 1977 - - #77000923)

Roughly bounded by Rio Grande, Clark, 1st and 3rd Sts. , Raton

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other, Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation, Industry

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Hotel, Theater

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Business, Hotel, Theater

Raton Pass Scenic Highway (added 2015 - - #15000605)

Raton, Raton

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Engineering, Politics/Government

Period of Significance:

1900-1949 AD

Ring Place, The (added 1988 - - #88001054)

Also known as AR-03-02-07-43;Ring Ranch

Questa Ranger District, Carson National Forest, Forest Rds. 1950 and 1918A , Cimarron

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Agriculture

Cultural Affiliation:

Anglo-American

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Single Dwelling, Storage

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Villa Philmonte Historic District (added 1995 - - #95001018)

Philmont Scout Ranch , Cimarron

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Delk, Edward Buehler

Architectural Style:

Mission/Spanish Revival

Historic Person:

Phillips, Waite

Significant Year:

1927, 1926

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum