Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
“The Alexander Grzelachowski House and Store, in Puerto de Luna, New Mexico, was built in 1875. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.”
Wikipedia article Alexander Grzelachowski House and Store, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 6 National Register listings published here for Guadalupe County · listed in 1993 · 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 10 fires within 5 miles of Alexander Grzelachowski House and Store between 1993 and 2018, burning about 3,199 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 June 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 23 June 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PUERTO |
| 22 June 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PIZZA |
| 5 April 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LUNA |
| 6 March 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PACHECO |
| 19 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 1 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Las Vegas District | SANCHEZ FIRE |
| 29 December 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | TREE |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Alexander Grzelachowski House and Store: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Rosa Gypsum Deposits | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | Gypsum | |
| Materials Pit 65-9-S & 69-14-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit F-020-3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Puerto de Luna, the town this property stands in, in 17 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 9 hail, 4 flash flood, 2 tornado, 2 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2013 | Flood | Puerto De Luna | $1,500,000 | Law enforcement and emergency management reported major flooding along El Rito Creek and at Power Dam. NM 91 was closed between mile markers 0 and 9. The El Rito Creek South Bridge was nearly topped. Large chunks of concrete from Power Dam were destroyed. A railroad bridge over El Rito Creek was compromised and engineers closed rail traffic to assess the bridge. Extensive damage was done to nearby Park Lake Trail. A bridge carrying a water line to Puerto de Luna was extensively damaged. Low lying areas near Brush Dam were flooded in Puerto de Luna. Extensive road damaged has occurred to city and county roads. |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Puerto De Luna | $50,000 | Five to 6 feet of water from the Alamogordo Creek drainage over Highway 156. Pavement was stripped. Half a mile of fence line was tore out due to the flooding. A bunkhouse located near the water crossing took on water damage and water filled up the basement. Two water retention ponds were over-topped. Part of the Pacific Railroad tracks were left dangling because the base was washed out from the heavy rains. |
| August 2015 | Flash Flood | Puerto De Luna | $5,000 | Spotter reported between 1 to 2 feet of flash flood waters over the Puerta de Luna Road southeast of Santa Rosa. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Puerto De Luna | - | A trained spotter along U.S. Highway 84 5 miles east of Puerto De Luna observed quarter sized hail from a severe thunderstorm. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Puerto De Luna | - | Quarter size hail was observed from a severe thunderstorm on U.S. Highway 84 east southeast of Puerto de Luna. |
| October 2025 | Hail | Puerto De Luna | - | A CoCoRaHS observer near Puerto de Luna observed nickel size hail. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Puerto De Luna | - | A CoCoRaHS observer reported pea to quarter size hail a few miles east southeast of Puerto De Luna. The storm produced hail accumulation depth of up to 4 inches in some places. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Puerto De Luna | - | A supercell 5 miles south-southeast of Puerto De Luna in central Guadalupe County initially produced ping pong ball size hail, growing to 2 inch size hail 13 minutes later. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Puerto De Luna | - | Report of hail up to two inches or larger between Santa Rosa and Sumner Lake resulted in damage to mobile home. The extent of damage is unknown. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Puerto De Luna | - | Hail up to the size of quarters. |
| May 2017 | Flash Flood | Puerto De Luna | - | Radar estimated 4 to 8 inches of rainfall over a large area of the Alamogordo Creek drainage. The creek nearly reached the base of the U.S. Highway 84 bridge near Sumner Lake. Several low water crossings northeast of this area along the creek washed out. |
| July 2014 | Flood | Puerto De Luna | - | Pecos River at Puerto de Luna reached 11.01 feet at 5pm pm on the 29th. This was just barely over flood stage at this point. Farmers and locals in the area said the areal flooding in parts of the area around the Pecos was worse than the previous flooding from September 2013. The county was expected to assess the damage to minor farming structures along the river when the water receeded. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Puerto De Luna | - | Hail drifts covering US 84. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Puerto De Luna | - | The hail damaged a lot of vegetation and piled up three inches deep. |
| August 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Puerto De Luna | - | A thunderstorm with a persistent hook echo on radar produced a brief tornado touchdown near Highway 84. |
| August 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Puerto De Luna | - | A tornado briefly touched down west of Sumner Lake. |
| August 2003 | Flash Flood | Puerto De Luna | - | Sheriff deputies closed the highway as water poured over the roadway in Puerto de Luna southwest of Santa Rosa. Radar estimates of rainfall in the area was near 3 inches. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Jesus M. Casaus House | 8.0 miles | 1982 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 93000570 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Guadalupe County | All 6 listed properties in this county. |
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