Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
“The Governor Bent House is the historic home of Governor Charles Bent who served as the first United States territorial governor of New Mexico.”
Wikipedia article Governor Charles Bent House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 40 National Register listings published here for Taos County · listed in 1978 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 164 fires within 5 miles of Gov. Charles Bent House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,035 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 9 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 54 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Fireworks | 13 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Carson National Forest | TAOS CANYON |
| 24 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | SAN JI |
| 1 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | BOX CAR |
| 9 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | JUNIOR |
| 7 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | PUCK |
| 7 August 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.5 acres | Northern Pueblos Agency | GREEN |
| 7 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Northern Pueblos Agency | SHACK |
| 6 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | LUCY |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Gov. Charles Bent House: 8 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Taos, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2021: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 cold/wind chill. The reports record 1 death. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 1997 | Cold/Wind Chill | Taos | 1 killed | A 62 year old Taos woman was found dead in the side yard of her home. The death appeared to be an accidental fall and exposure to subzero temperatures. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taos | $5,000,000 | Snow squall. An intense line of thunderstorms with rain and snow moved quickly through Taos County early in the morning. An AWOS station in Taos measured a peak wind gust of 62 mph, but damage estimates within the city and surrounding areas indicate wind speeds of 80 to 100 mph as these high winds caused extensive damage. These thunderstorms produced a 2.9 mile long swath of damage from Blueberry Hill Road to El Prado oriented in an east-northeast direction. Six to seven homes sustained roof damage while one single wide mobile home was moved off its foundation. Numerous trees were snapped at the base with other large limbs downed, and at least two power poles were snapped at their bases. Two homes sustained significant roof damage with the aluminum roofing peeled completely off the homes. On a two story home, three-quarters of its roof was missing with part of its second story destroyed. At another home, a trampoline was found fifty feet in the air stuck in a tree. A radio tower was also downed which resulted in a power outage to the northern half of the city. Several schools in the area cancelled classes for the day while government offices were also closed. Taos County declared a State of Emergency, and COVID-19 vaccination sites were temporarily transformed into shelters for displaced people. Damages are a rough estimate. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taos | $30,000 | High winds ripped away a portion of the roof from the Hacienda Inn. No injuries were reported. The area of the hotel damaged had been closed for months. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Taos | - | Trained spotter reported penny size hail. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Taos | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Taos | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taos | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Taos | - | no account filed |
3 papers published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read: 638 issues, 3,655 pages. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.
| Newspaper | Published |
|---|---|
| La Revista De Taos and the Taos Valley News | 190? to 1905 |
| La Revista De Taos | 1905 to 1922 |
| La Revista De Taos and the Taos Cresset | 1905 |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Taos Inn | under 500 feet | 1982 |
 | Couse, Eanger Irving, House and Studio-Sharp, Joseph Henry, Studios | under 500 feet | 2005 |
 | Taos Downtown Historic District | 0.1 miles | 1982 |
 | Kit Carson House | 0.1 miles | 1966 |
 | Nicholai Fechin House | 0.2 miles | 1979 |
 | Ernest L. Blumenschein House | 0.3 miles | 1966 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 78001831 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Taos County | All 40 listed properties in this county. |
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