Kit Carson House

Kit Carson House
Front of the house
Location Kit Carson Road, Taos, New Mexico
Coordinates 36°24′25″N 105°34′20″W / 36.40694°N 105.57222°WCoordinates: 36°24′25″N 105°34′20″W / 36.40694°N 105.57222°W
Built 1843
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference # 66000948
Significant dates
Added to NRHP October 15, 1966[1]
Designated NHL May 23, 1963[2]

Kit Carson House was a home of frontiersman Kit Carson in Taos, New Mexico, United States. It is operated now as a house museum. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1963.[2][3][4]

The building is an example of territorial and Spanish Colonial architecture. Open to the public, it is operated by the Taos Masonic Lodge.[5]

Kit Carson, who died in Colorado, was buried in Kit Carson Park and Historic Cemetery in Taos.[5][6] The 19 acre park is 1 1/2 blocks north of the Taos Plaza on Paseo Del Pueblo Norte. Aside from the cemetery of noteworthy residents of Taos, it is a park and picnic areas with facilities for walking, tennis, basketball, soccer and jogging.[6]

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References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Kit Carson House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-06-03.
  3. ↑ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Kit Carson House" (pdf). National Park Service. June 15, 1978. and Accompanying photos, exterior and interior, from 19 PDF (32 KB)
  4. ↑ Note: A National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination document should be available upon request from the National Park Service for this site, but it appears not to be available on-line from the NPS Focus search site.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Historic Taos: A Self-Guided Walking Tour of 22 Historic Taos Landmarks. Taos.org Retrieved July 23, 2014.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Kit Carson Park and Historic Cemetery. Town of Taos. Retrieved July 23, 2014.

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