Watrous (La Junta)

Infobox_nrhp | name =Watrous
nrhp_type = nhld


caption = Watrous House in 1940
location= U.S. 85, Watrous, New Mexico
lat_degrees = 35
lat_minutes = 48
lat_seconds = 3
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 105
long_minutes = 0
long_seconds = 5
long_direction = W
locmapin = New Mexico
area =3,580 acres
built =1835
architect= Unknown
architecture= Other
designated= May 23, 1963cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=340&ResourceType=District
title=Watrous (La Junta) |accessdate=2008-06-14|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = October 15, 1966cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=66000480

Watrous, also named La Junta, is a historic district in New Mexico.

The National Park Service's Statement of Significance for the site (as of designation in 1963) was:

Trail ruts remain, and the district includes 21 structures:
#Fort Union Corral, with stone walls still standing, and
#Gregg Tavern-Stage Station.
#etc.,and three cemeteries.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1963.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/66000480.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Watrous (La Junta) / La Junta] |32 KB|date=December 18, 1984 |author=Richard Greenwood, with updates by state and national staff |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/66000480.pdf "Accompanying 11 photos, from 1962, 1974, and 1982"] |32 KB]

References

External links

* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.nm0078 Watrous House, Watrous vicinity, Mora County, NM: 31 photos, 25 drawings, 10 data pages] , at Historic American Building Survey