La Cueva Historic District

La Cueva Historic District, in Mora County, New Mexico near Mora, New Mexico, is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. The listing included five contributing buildings on 47 acre.

It is located about 6 mi southeast of Mora at the junction of New Mexico State Road 3 and New Mexico State Road 21.



La Cueva Ranch was founded around 1851 by Vicente Romero.

The district includes a gristmill, a mercantile store and storage buildings, a ranch house and its out buildings, and San Rafael Church. The two-story home was built in the 1850s by/for Vicente Romero. The La Cueva mill, probably built in the 1870s, is a two-story stone and adobe building, built upon a stone foundation.

Historic function: Domestic; Religion; Industry/processing/extraction; Commerce/trade Historic subfunction: Religious Structure; Single Dwelling; Manufacturing Facility; Specialty Store; Warehouse Criteria: event, architecture/engineering