The Library Park Historic District in Las Vegas, New Mexico, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The listing included 21 contributing buildings and a contributing structure on 14 acres (5.7 ha).[1]
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| Location | Liberty Park and environs, Las Vegas, New Mexico |
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| Coordinates | 35°35′52″N 105°12′52″W / 35.59778°N 105.21444°W |
| Area | 14 acres (5.7 ha) |
| Built | 1882 |
| Architect | Isaac H. Rapp et al. |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival, Late Victorian, Mixed (more Than 2 Styles From Different Periods) |
| MPS | Las Vegas New Mexico MRA (AD) |
| NRHP reference No. | 79001549[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 12, 1979 |
It includes a Carnegie library, the Carnegie Public Library of Las Vegas, which is a cross-plan red brick Classical Revival building with a center dome and a porticoed entrance, designed by architects Isaac H. Rapp and William M. Rapp.[2]
It includes the Immaculate Conception Church (1949), at the southwest corner of the library park, a creme brick Latin cross plan Gothic Revival-style church which was designed by Les J. Wolmagood.[2]
It includes the parish house next door to the church, at 811 6th Street, which is a stuccoed frame house.[2]
It includes 807 N. National, a small gable-front stucco house.[2]
It includes a Gothic cottage at the southwest corner of 6th and National, dating probably to around 1880.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e Ellen Threinen (December 27, 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Library Park Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved July 23, 2019. With accompanying 11 photos from 1978
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