Cruce's Historic Mesquite Area

There are several distinct neighborhoods in Las Cruces, and we have talked about a few of them. One that absolutely must be mentioned is the very old, formerly very modest, Mesquite area northeast of downtown. 

Much of the Mesquite Historical Area is undergoing gentrification of a modest sort. There are also some conversions of the small houses into shops. There is a stone coffee house and an art gallery that were homes in disrepair, now quite busy and looking very cute indeed. Some of the homes are very tiny, not much bigger than a short singlewide trailer, although they are site-built. Others are larger, but none are very large. I did see several two-story houses among the bigger homes, and some very small newly constructed homes.

Some of the Mesquite homes proudly display the the Historical Society's plaque, also found on the old-style street lamps. Houses with stoops are rare in the Southwest, but there are quite a few in the Mesquite area.

Don't confuse the neighborhood name with the nearby small town on the way to El Paso!

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