National Register Listing

La Mesilla Historic District

a.k.a. La Mesilla Historic District Multiple Resource Area

Roughly bounded by Calle del Norte, Calle del El Paso, Calle del Cura and Calleion Guerro, La Mesilla, NM

Town center historically associated with US acquisition of New Mexico.

Local significance of the district:
Commerce; Transportation; Exploration/settlement; Politics/government; Architecture

Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

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.