The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Prior to the arrival of European-Americans, the area now occupied by Red River was used as a summer hunting ground by the Jicarilla Apache and Utes, who hunted big horn sheep, mule deer, elk, Mountain cottontail, and mallards, amongst other species.
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National Register of Historic Places
6 historic places in Red River
6 places in Red River are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
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In New Mexicoby listings · most towns there have none
6places listed6 buildings
0National Historic LandmarksNone here yet
7historic buildings protectedcounting each building in a district
1984first listedBrigham J. Young House · newest: Sylvester M. Mallette Cabin, 1984
Where they are
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Buildings
When they were listed
The Register began in 1966. Red River’s busiest decade was the 1980s.
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Listed 1984Brigham J. Young HouseListed 1984Melson-Oldham CabinListed 1984Orin Mallette CabinListed 1984Pierce-Fuller HouseListed 1984Red River SchoolhouseListed 1984Sylvester M. Mallette Cabin
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · styles from the National Archives catalog · photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.