The William Conroy Honors Center, at the New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico is a historic building which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was built in 1907 as a Young Men's Christian Association building. It was designed by architects Trost & Trost. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989 with the seemingly-odd name of Air Science; it then served as the Air Science building for NMSU.
Air Science | |
 Photo of east entrance, added in 2001. Notable arched entranceway is on front facade instead. | |
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| Location | Northeast corner of N. Horseshoe and Espina St., NMSU, Las Cruces, New Mexico |
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| Coordinates | 32°17′00″N 106°45′19″W / 32.28333°N 106.75528°W |
| Area | 0.2 acres (0.081 ha) |
| Built | 1907, 2001-2002 |
| Architect | Trost & Trost |
| Architectural style | Mission/spanish Revival, California Mission Revival |
| MPS | New Mexico Campus Buildings Built 1906--1937 TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 88001546[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 16, 1989 |
It is a three-story California Mission Revival-style masonry and stucco building with a French tile hipped roof. It has an arched entryway. It was built with a brick exterior but that was later plastered over. It was used first as a YMCA, and later taken over by NMSU and used as its Air Science building.[2]
It is located on the northeast corner of N. Horseshoe and Espina St., on the NMSU campus.[1]
The building was retrofitted with an elevator in 2001–02, in an addition creating a new East entrance to the building.[3]
It is listed as Building #35 in NMSU's inventory of buildings, as the William B. Conroy Honors Center, abbreviated WCHC, at 2745 South Espina St. The university also has an Air Test facility and a Wind Tunnel/Research building.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ Tim Price; Corinne P. Sze (February 28, 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Air Science". National Park Service. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
- ^ Patricia Grumet. "The Buildings Of New Mexico State University NMSU's Building History Vol. 1" (PDF). New Mexico State University. See pages 261-270.
- ^ Patricia Grumet. "The Buildings Of New Mexico State University NMSU's Building History Vol. 2" (PDF). New Mexico State University. (Building mentioned in Appendix A.)
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