Historic Marchiondo Building, Raton, NM
**Raton Downtown Historic District** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 77000923, date listed 10/21/1977
Roughly bounded by Rio Grande, Clark, 1st and 3rd Sts.
Raton, NM (Colfax County)
Situated on the New Mexico side of Raton Pass (National Register 10/66) the town of Raton was founded in 1880 when the site was chosen as a division point on the newly built Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. In Spanish the word raton denotes a variety of small rodents and the name of pass, mountains and town refers either to the large number of these creatures found nearby or, possibly to the shape of a ridge above the town which suggests a pack rat or ground squirrel.
The Raton Downtown Historic District, which covers approximately twenty acres, includes a five city block area containing the town's original business section extending west from the railroad tracks along First, Second and Third Streets. Because of flimsy construction methods and the ravages of fire, most of the first buildings erected were replaced after 1882 by more substantial structures including many two-story, flat-roofed, stone buildings with brick facades. (1)
Built in 1882. (2)
References (1) NRHP Nomination Form s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg...
(2) Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raton_Downtown_Historic_District
Historic Marchiondo Building, Raton, NM
**Raton Downtown Historic District** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 77000923, date listed 10/21/1977
Roughly bounded by Rio Grande, Clark, 1st and 3rd Sts.
Raton, NM (Colfax County)
Situated on the New Mexico side of Raton Pass (National Register 10/66) the town of Raton was founded in 1880 when the site was chosen as a division point on the newly built Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. In Spanish the word raton denotes a variety of small rodents and the name of pass, mountains and town refers either to the large number of these creatures found nearby or, possibly to the shape of a ridge above the town which suggests a pack rat or ground squirrel.
The Raton Downtown Historic District, which covers approximately twenty acres, includes a five city block area containing the town's original business section extending west from the railroad tracks along First, Second and Third Streets. Because of flimsy construction methods and the ravages of fire, most of the first buildings erected were replaced after 1882 by more substantial structures including many two-story, flat-roofed, stone buildings with brick facades. (1)
Built in 1882. (2)
References (1) NRHP Nomination Form s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg...
(2) Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raton_Downtown_Historic_District