National Register Listing
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
Clayton Public Schools Historic District
a.k.a. Clayton Public Schools--Campus No. 1
Four blocks in SE Clayton centered on 6th and Cedar Sts., Clayton, NM Local significance of the district: Social History; Entertainment/recreation; Architecture; Landscape Architecture; Education
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
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.
New Mexico was the birthplace of several famous figures in American history, including the outlaw Billy the Kid, the physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, and the astronaut Harrison Schmitt, who was one of the last men to walk on the moon.