The Juan Garcia House, on Tularosa St. in La Luz, New Mexico, was built around 1870. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
Juan Garcia House | |
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| Location | Tularosa St., La Luz, New Mexico |
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| Coordinates | 32°58′40″N 105°56′31″W / 32.97778°N 105.94194°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | c.1870 |
| MPS | La Luz Townsite MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 80002559[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 23, 1980 |
It was the adobe home of Juan Garcia, one of the original settlers of the town of La Luz. La Luz was founded by Mexican-American farmers who moved out of the Rio Grande Valley due to frequent flooding there.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: La Luz Townsite MRA" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved October 7, 2018. With two photos of Juan Garcia House from 1979
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