Abenicio Salazar Historic District

The Abenicio Salazar Historic District, on Camino del Pueblo (former routing of U.S. Route 85) in Bernalillo, New Mexico, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The listing included 13 contributing buildings on 9 acres (3.6 ha).[1]

Abenicio Salazar Historic District
LocationCamino del Pueblo, Bernalillo, New Mexico
Coordinates35°18′50″N 106°32′44″W
Area9 acres (3.6 ha)
Built1874, 1922
Built bySalazar,Abenicio; Salazar,Benicio
Architectural styleClassical Revival, Territorial Style
NRHP reference No.80002569[1]
Added to NRHPJune 6, 1980

Year of construction: 1874

Architect: Salazar, Abenicio; Salazar, Benicio Architecture: Classical Revival, Territorial Style

Historic function: Education; Domestic; Religion; Agriculture/subsistence Historic subfunction: Single Dwelling; School; Animal Facility; Church Related Residence

It includes the Our Lady of Sorrows High School, a two-story building built in 1922 by local builder Abenicio Salazar (1857-1941). Abenicio Salazar "built the larqest adobe buildings in the Bernalillo area including this building. He built the flour mill, a fire wall for the lumber mill, the coal mining town of Hagan, and a number of houses", but the school is the only large one surviving in good condition.[2]

It is across the street from NRHP-listed Our Lady of Sorrows Church.[2]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. Ellen Threinen (September 17, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Abenicio Salazar Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved June 19, 2019. With accompanying 13 photos from 1979
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