Taos’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Taos. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Taos was laid out in 1849. The city was named after Taos, New Mexico. A post office called Taos was established in 1848, and remained in operation until 1907.
The St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church and Rectory was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.
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Start Taos’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Taos’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo3 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewDirckx House: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Taos
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Taos, decade by decade
2000
1 historic place in Taos
1 place in Taos is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Dirckx House and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.