National Register Listing

Original Townsite Historic District

Roughly bounded by Clark & Cimmaron Aves., S. 2nd & S. 7th Sts., Raton, NM
Local significance of the district:
Community Planning And Development; Politics/government; Architecture

Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
About National Register Listings

The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.

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