Santa Rosa de Lima de Abiquiu | |
 Ruins of church, Santa Rosa de Lima. The church was still in use until the 1930s. 2010 photo. | |
| Nearest city | Abiquiú, New Mexico |
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| Area | 12.5 acres (5.1 ha) |
| Built | 1734 |
| NRHP reference No. | 78001820[1] |
| NMSRCP No. | 118 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | April 14, 1978 |
| Designated NMSRCP | September 12, 1969 |
Santa Rosa de Lima was an early 18th-century Spanish settlement in theRio Chama valley, near the present-day town ofAbiquiu inRio Arriba County,New Mexico, United States
By the 1730s, Spanish settlers were moving into the Chama River valley, and by 1744 at least 20 families were living in the present-day Abiquiú area, where they founded the Plaza deSanta Rosa de Lima.[2] The church, on the plaza, was builtcirca 1744,[2] and was in use until the 1930s. Repeated raids byUtes andComanches caused the settlement to be abandoned in 1747. In 1750, the Spanish founded a new settlement at the present site of Abiquiú, about a mile from Santa Rosa de Lima.
Today, the site of Santa Rosa de Lima is aghost town, with substantialadobe ruins of the church, and mounds where the settlers' adobe houses stood. The site is private property, belonging to theArchdiocese of Santa Fe.
Santa Rosa de Lima de Abiquiu was added to theNational Register of Historic Places in 1978, as listing #78001820.[1]
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