Las Vegas in San Miguel County, New Mexico — The American Mountains (Southwest)
Louis Ilfeld Law Office
1921
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 14, 2023
1. Louis Ilfeld Law Office Marker
Erected by Las Vegas Citizens' Committee for Historic Preservation.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1921.
Location. 35° 35.593′ N, 105° 13.625′ W. Marker is in Las Vegas, New Mexico, in San Miguel County. It is on Plaza Street west of North Gonzales Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 218 Plaza St, Las Vegas NM 87701, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Northern New Mexico. It is also in the American Southwest, in the Mountain West, and on the Santa Fe Trail Corridor. Globally, it is in North America, the Rocky Mountains, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Maese House (a few steps from this marker); Proclamation of Brigadier General Stephen W. Kearny (within shouting distance of this marker); Romero y Baca Site/Gortner House (within shouting distance of this marker); Plaza Hotel (within shouting distance of this marker); Santa Fe Trail (within shouting distance of this marker); Dold Block (within shouting distance of this marker); Veeder Block
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Regarding Louis Ilfeld Law Office. Excerpt from City of Las Vegas walking tour website:
Louis Ilfeld Building, 220 N. Plaza (Built 1921) Pioneer entrepreneur Charles Ilfeld located his modest dry good firm in a one story adobe after 1870 that was later transformed into his son Louis C. Ilfeld's law office, after he attended Yale University. The one-story red brick building was designed over time in a mix of stylistic elements with crenelated parapets and lintel windows and boasted an early air-cooling system. This facade, restored in 1975 by early local preservationists and bookstore retailers, Joe and Diana Stein, shows the restraint of early 20th- century classicism. Today the building houses offices for the Plaza Hotel complex next door.
Also see . . . Las Vegas Plaza. National Register of Historic Places nomination (PDF) and photographs (separate PDF) submitted for the district, which includes this building and was listed in 1974. (Prepared by Michael P. McCachren, State Records Center and Archives;
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 14, 2023
2. Louis Ilfeld Law Office Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on November 25, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 24, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 200 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 24, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
