Chaves County Courthouse
Appearance
Chaves County Courthouse | |
![]() West face of courthouse | |
Location | 400 Blk. Main St., Roswell, New Mexico |
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Coordinates | 33°23′49″N 104°31′17″W / 33.39694°N 104.52139°W |
Area | 4 acres (1.6 ha) |
Built | 1911 |
Built by | Lyon and Axtell |
Architect | Isaac Hamilton Rapp, Rapp & Rapp |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Federal, Georgian Revival |
MPS | County Courthouses of New Mexico TR |
NRHP reference No. | 87000892[1] |
NMSRCP No. | 1019 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | February 15, 1989 |
Designated NMSRCP | June 8, 1984 |
The Chaves County Courthouse, located on the 400 block of Main Street in Roswell, New Mexico, is the center of government of Chaves County. The courthouse was built in 1911 after Roswell's citizens learned that New Mexico would become a state the next year.[2] Isaac Hamilton Rapp, of the Colorado firm I.H. and W.M. Rapp,[3] designed the courthouse in the "monumental civic" adaptation of the Beaux-Arts style.[4] A cupola with green tiles tops the courthouse.[5]
The courthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 15, 1989.[1]
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Chaves County Courthouse, 1920
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ LeMay, John (2009). Chaves County. Arcadia Publishing. p. 106. ISBN 9780738578507.
- ^ Gregory T. Hicks; Corinne P. Sze (September 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Chaves County Courthouse and Jail" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved January 12, 2016. Accompanying five photos from c. 1915, 1984, and 1988.
- ^ Pike, David (2003). Roadside New Mexico: A Guide to Historic Markers. UNM Press. p. 332. ISBN 9780826331182.
- ^ O'Neill, Zora (2011). Moon Handbooks: New Mexico. Avalon Travel. ISBN 9781598809459.
External links
[edit] Media related to Chaves County Courthouse at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in New Mexico
- 1911 establishments in New Mexico Territory
- Government buildings completed in 1911
- Buildings and structures in Chaves County, New Mexico
- County courthouses in New Mexico
- Roswell, New Mexico
- National Register of Historic Places in Chaves County, New Mexico
- New Mexico Registered Historic Place stubs