Las Trampas, New Mexico

Las Trampas Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
(U.S. National Historic Landmark District)
Church of San José de Gracia in Las Trampas, New Mexico.

Location:	On NM 76, Las Trampas, New Mexico
Coordinates:	36°7′57″N 105°45′48″W / 36.1325, -105.76333
Built/Founded:	1850
Architect:	Unknown
Architectural style(s):	Colonial, Other
Added to NRHP:	May 28, 1967^[1]
Designated as NHLD:	May 28, 1967^[2]
NRHP Reference#:	67000007
Governing body:	Local

Las Trampas is a small unincorporated town in Taos County, New Mexico, United States. Located on the scenic Taos High Road (NM State Highway 76), it is approximately halfway between Santa Fe to the south and Taos to the north.

Founded in 1751 by twelve Spanish families from Santa Fe, it is known for the San José de Gracia Church, built between 1760 and 1776 and considered a model of the adobe architecture found throughout New Mexico. The church was once used by Los Hermanos Penitentes, a flagellant Catholic order founded in colonial Spanish America.

Las Trampas was made a National Historic District by the National Park Service (NPS) in 1967,^[2]^[3] and the San José de Gracia Church itself was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1970.

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v • d • e Municipalities and communities of Taos County, New Mexico

County seat: Taos

Towns	Red River \| Taos

Villages	Questa \| Taos Ski Valley

CDPs	Chamisal \| Peñasco \| Picuris Pueblo \| Ranchos de Taos \| Rio Lucio \| Taos Pueblo \| Vadito

Unincorporated communities	Arroyo Hondo \| Las Trampas \| Pilar

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