Fort Bayard Museum and Education Building
Historic district in New Mexico, United States in Santa Clara, New Mexico. Added to the National Register in 2002, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Fort Bayard Historic District encompasses the area that was the location of Fort Bayard, a United States Army military installation north of present-day Santa Clara, New Mexico. Founded in 1866, the fort at first provided security against Native American attacks on settlers during the settlement of the region in the 19th century. It was then converted into the army's first tuberculosis sanitarium, and later became a VA hospital. The property is now the Fort Bayard Medical Center, a long-term nursing care facility operated by the state of New Mexico. The only surviving 19th-century elements of the fort are some of its landscaping, and the Fort Bayard National Cemetery. The site was designated a National Historic Landmark District in 2004.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 0.5 mi. N of jct. of US 180 and NM 152, Santa Clara vicinity, NM |
| County | Grant County |
| Listed | Jul 7, 2002 |
| Reference number | 02000726 |
| Type of place | fort |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark, listed on the New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties |
| Contributing resources | 70 buildings, 8 structures, 10 sites |
| Standing | Yes |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 0.5 mi. N of jct. of US 180 and NM 152, Santa Clara, NM |
| Coordinates | 32.79762, -108.15055 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument · 30 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Little Walnut (Group Picnic Sites) 8 mi · Gomez Peak (Group Picnic Site) 8 mi · Iron Creek Campground 22 mi |
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Nearby in Grant County
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Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 02000726. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.