The Narciso Valdez House, on

New Mexico State Road 120 State Road 120 (NM 120) is a state road in the U.S. state of New Mexico. The route traverses four counties: Colfax, Mora, Harding, and Union, and is the longest state road in New Mexico. The highway's only grade-separated interchange i ...

Ocate, New Mexico Ocate is an unincorporated community located in Mora County, New Mexico, United States. The community is located at the junction of State Routes 442 and 120, west-northwest of Wagon Mound. Ocate has a post office with ZIP code 87734, which o ...

, was built between 1895 and 1898. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1980. It is a one-and-a-half-story house built of

adobe Adobe ( ; ) is a building material made from earth and organic materials. is Spanish for ''mudbrick''. In some English-speaking regions of Spanish heritage, such as the Southwestern United States, the term is used to refer to any kind of e ...

but covered with scored plaster to appear as masonry. It has Queen Anne style in its features, particularly in its interior. It was deemed "significant because it is one of Ocate's most important structures and because the interior feature of carved and painted moldings is unique. Carved and painted wood is a feature frequently found in New Mexican architecture. The Valdez House, however, is the largest and most elaborate known example." It is located across from the J.P. Strong Store, which is also National Register-listed. With

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National Register of Historic Places in Mora County, New Mexico Queen Anne architecture in New Mexico Houses completed in 1895 {{NewMexico-NRHP-stub