Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
Built 1943. Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.
The record
| Property type | Historic district |
| Address | Central Ave., Los Alamos, NM |
| County | Los Alamos County |
| Listed | Oct 15, 1966 |
| Listed for | Science, Invention |
| Level of significance | National |
| Reference number | 66000893 |
| Built | 1943 · more from the 1940s |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | Central Ave., Los Alamos, NM |
| Coordinates | 35.8756° N, 106.3242° W · Directions ↗ |
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Map
Nearby in Los Alamos County
Public land around it
| Santa Fe National Forest ↗National Forest, U.S. Forest Service | Inside the boundary1,681,851 acres |
| Bandelier Wilderness ↗Wilderness, National Park Service | About 5 miles away23,267 acres |
Wilderness Atlas publishes a centroid and an acreage for each unit, not a boundary line. Distance here is measured to a circle of the same area drawn around that centroid, so treat it as roughly right rather than surveyed.
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Reference
Questions people ask
When was Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory listed on the National Register?
Oct 15, 1966. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.
Source: National Park Service
When was Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory built?
1943.
Source: Wikidata
Where is Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory?
Central Ave., Los Alamos, Los Alamos County, New Mexico.
Source: National Park Service
Where is the nomination form for Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory?
The National Archives holds the nomination form, the document that made the case for listing.
Source: National Archives
Is there a wildfire near Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory right now?
4 active incidents within 50 miles as of 2026-10-17, nearest Paliza South Rx, 20 miles away.
Source: Map
Sources
Name, location, type and dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet of listed properties, because the Park Service's spatial data does not carry this listing. The map point comes from Wikidata. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 66000893. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place.