
Charles Ilfeld Company - Las Vegas, New Mexico
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BruceS
N 35° 35.584 W 105° 13.642
13S E 479403 N 3938838
Marker for historic department store and mercantile company headquarters on Plaza in Las Vegas, New Mexico.
Waymark Code: WMEA1H
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 04/24/2012
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Text of marker:
Charles Ilfeld Company
"The Plaza"
Department Store
1882 and 1891
Achitect: Harold w. Kirchner
This "Great Emporium" was heardquarters for one of the largest mercantile companies in the southwest. It is perhaps the finest example of Italianate architecture in the Southwest.