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]
Chaves County Courthouse | |
 West face of courthouse | |
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| 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 courthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 15, 1989.[1]
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Chaves County Courthouse, 1920
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See also
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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.
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