Roughly bounded by Calle del Norte, Calle del El Paso, Calle del Cura and Calleion Guerro, La Mesilla, New Mexico. County/parish: Dona Ana.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 20, 1982. NRIS 82003323.
51 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site. 1 contributing structure.Also known as:
Mesilla Plaza is the central plaza in the small town of Mesilla in far southern New Mexico. The plaza and a number of its surrounding buildings are a National Historic Landmark District, significant for its role in the transfers of power that brought first the original New Mexico Territory and later the Gadsden Purchase into United States control. The most notable building facing the plaza is the Basilica of San Albino, which has been on the plaza since its establishment in 1851. The plaza was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77847241