Montezuma Hotel Complex | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Mcastle2003.jpg) The Montezuma Castle, on the campus of the Armand Hammer United World College, May 2003 | |
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| Nearest city | Las Vegas, New Mexico |
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| Coordinates | 35°39′15″N 105°16′53″W / 35.65417°N 105.28139°W |
| Area | 73 acres (30 ha) |
| Built | 1885 |
| Architect | John Wellborn Root |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne |
| NRHP reference No. | 74001203[1] |
| NMSRCP No. | 227 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | May 3, 1974 |
| Designated NMSRCP | December 30, 1971 |
The Montezuma Castle is a 90,000-square-foot (8,400 m2), 400 room Queen Anne style hotel building erected just northwest of the city of Las Vegas, New Mexico in 1886 (the site was at the time called "Las Vegas Hot Springs," but is now known as "Montezuma"). The current castle is actually the third on the site, the first two (dating to 1881 and 1885) were the first buildings in New Mexico to have electric lighting, and they both burned down.[2]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Martinez, Anne M. (Fall 2002). ""From the Halls of Montezuma": Seminary in Exile or Pan-American Project?". U.S. Catholic Historian. 20 (4): 35–51 – via JSTOR.