Architectural
Awards
Buildings Worthy of Preservation
The
award
is given to encourage an owner to preserve the uniqueness of
a building in Do–a Ana County that is distinguished by its
age and historical character, its historical significance,
or that represents historical architectural character.
Residential, commercial, and industrial buildings are
eligible.
|
1967 |
Nestor Armijo
Home/Gallagher House, |
Las Cruces |
|
|
Martin Lohman Home |
Las Cruces |
|
1968 |
Delahanty House (Arias-Ascarate House) *No Longer Standing |
Ave de Mesilla and Railroad Tracks,
behind service station |
|
|
Amador/Garcia/Adair Home |
Main and Amador razed 1960s |
|
1969 |
Amador Hotel |
180 West Amador |
|
|
Barela/Reynolds House (J. Paul and
Mary D. Taylor Home) |
Mesilla Plaza |
|
1970 |
La Iglesia de Nuestra
Se–ora de la Purification a.k.a. Nuestra
Se–ora de la Candelaria Church |
Do–a Ana |
|
|
Griggs Home |
Mesilla |
|
1971 |
Francis Fletcher Home (Mountain View Christian Church) |
241 Three Crosses Ave |
|
|
Maurin Store |
2380 Calle de Principal |
|
1972 |
Bowman Home |
Mesilla Park |
|
|
Rynerson Home |
Las Cruces |
|
1973 |
San Jose Catholic Church |
La Mesa |
|
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San Augstine Ranch (Cox Family Home) |
East of Organ Mountains |
|
1974 |
St. James Episcopal Church |
South Main Street, Mesilla Park |
|
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St. MaryÕs Church |
7985 Do–a Ana Rd, Hill |
|
1975 |
Hiram Hadley Home (Glen Cutter Gallery) |
2640 El Paseo
|
|
|
Barela/Fountain Home (Gadsden Museum) |
1875 W. Boutz (Calle
de Parian) Mesilla |
|
1976 |
Rodriguez House (Sophie Waldrip Home) |
San Miguel |
|
|
Holy Cross Retreat |
4889 S. Main, Mesilla Park |
|
1977 |
Medina House |
Mesilla |
|
|
Alameda Ranch Resort (McBride/May
House) |
515 Townsend Terrace |
|
1978 |
Old Do–a Ana County Courthouse (Billy the Kid Gift Shop) |
2385 Calle de Guadalupe, Mesilla |
|
|
Eugenio Gamboa House |
Mesilla |
|
1979 |
Brown/Lawrence Home |
San Miguel |
|
|
Arthur J. Fountain Property (El Patio
Restaurant) |
2171 Calle de Parian, Mesilla |
|
1980 |
Los Bosques/Sage House (La
Hacienda Restaurant) |
2605 S. Espina Street |
|
|
Sedgwick House |
South of Mesilla |
|
1981 |
Trini and Mary Lopez Home |
Las Cruces |
|
1981 |
Reynolds & Griggs Store (Mesilla Book Center) |
2360 Calle Principal on the Mesilla Plaza |
|
1982 |
Santa Fe Railroad Depot (Railroad Museum) |
351 N. Mesilla Street, Las Cruces |
|
|
Reynolds/Chavez House |
Mesilla |
|
1983 |
Bentley Store |
Organ |
|
|
Frances E. Lester House |
Mesilla Park |
|
1984 |
(no banquet that
year) |
|
|
1985 |
The Crooked Hacienda |
Las Cruces |
|
1986 |
Henry & Carolyn A. Bunch Home (old Adobe Patio
Gallery) |
Mesilla |
|
|
James M. Hoy Home/Tamus Freije Store |
Rincon
|
|
1987 |
Scott & Virginia
TaylorÕs Adobe Complex |
Fairacres |
|
1988 |
Elias Day House |
Las Cruces |
|
|
San Pedro Street, Mesquite Historic District |
Las Cruces |
|
1989 |
La Iglesia de Nuestra
Se–ora de la Purification a.k.a. Nuestra
Se–ora de la Candelaria Church, |
Cristo Rey Street, Do–a Ana also honored 1970 |
|
|
Rincon Elementary School |
325 Corea
Street, Rincon |
|
1990 |
Vestal Barker House |
Mesilla Park |
|
1991 |
Sunshine Grocery Store |
441 E. Hadley at Mesquite Street |
|
1992 |
Court Junior High School (Alma D'Arte Charter School) |
402 W. Court |
|
1993 |
Griggs/Chavez House (also honored 1970) |
Mesilla |
|
1994 |
Manasse Homes |
Las Cruces |
|
1995 |
Gadsden High School |
6301 Hwy 28,
Anthony |
|
1996 |
Harry Hannum Home (Ontiveros Residence) |
La Mesa |
|
1997 |
The YMCA Building |
NMSU |
|
1998 |
McDowell Farm House (Erhard Home) |
|
|
1999 |
Old Hatch Elementary School |
Hatch |
|
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The Robert Porter Home |
Las Cruces |
|
2000 |
T.R.H. Smith Mansion |
Las Cruces |
|
2001 |
Phillips Chapel, CME |
638 N. Tor–illo |
|
2002 |
Stevens/Coberly Studio |
640 N.
Mesquite Street |
|
|
Fitch-Oliver Compound |
Las Cruces |
|
2003 |
H.B. Holt
House |
Las Cruces |
|
|
Stablein/Otto
Griggs Home (Jerome
& Rayma Claessen Home) |
Las Cruces |
|
|
Rio Grande
Theater |
211 N.
Main Street |
|
2004 |
1938 Do–a
Ana County Courthouse |
251 W.
Lohman |
|
|
Brazito
Schoolhouse |
Hwy 478 (8546 S. Main) |
|
|
Conoco
Station |
887 N.
Main |
|
2005 |
Old Adobes
of Mesilla |
2252 Calle
de Arroyo, Mesilla |
|
|
The
Fountain Theater |
2469 Calle
de Guadalupe, Mesilla |
|
|
Block of
Adobes, Las Cruces |
204 - 230
N. Campo St. |
|
2006 |
Adobe Barn |
2350 Calle
de Parian, Mesilla |
|
2007 |
The Amador
Hotel |
180 W.
Amador |
|
2008 |
St.
Frances de Sales Catholic Church and Rectory (now
private residence) |
Rodey |
|
2009 |
CCC Camp
and Schoolhouse (Human Systems Research) |
535 S.
Melendres St. |
|
2010 |
Buildings
of the Village of Do–a Ana Historic District |
Cristo Rey
Street, Do–a Ana |
|
2013 |
Butterfield
Overland Trail |
Across
Do–a Ana County |
|
2014 |
Mesilla
Park Historic Properties |
Mesilla
Park |
| 2015 |
500K Static Test Stand for rocket motors
|
White Sands Missile Range
|
| 2016 |
Nestor Armijo House |
Las Cruces
|
| 2020 |
The Las Cruces Country Club clubhouse
|
Las Cruces
|
| 2022 |
Original St. James Episcopal church - now parish hall
|
102 St. James, Las Cruces
|
Buildings
and
Properties with Historical Significance
This designation can be applied to a property, including a
district, a building, structure, or object, which is at least
fifty years old. Criteria used to evaluate historic
significance of a property include association with a
significant historic event or person and/or incorporation
within the property of historic characteristics of a period of
time or a method of construction or an architectural
style.
|
2010 |
Jacobo Chavez House (Alameda Depot District) |
Las
Cruces |
|
2011 |
Las Cruces Santa Fe Railroad Depot |
351 N
Mesilla St, Las Cruces |
|
2012 |
Newberry Farm |
Fairacres |
|
2012 |
Mark Thompson House |
Las Cruces |
|
2013 |
Butterflied Overland Trail |
Across Do–a Ana County |
|
2014 |
Mesilla Park Historic Properties |
Mesilla Park |
| 2015 |
500K Static Test Sand for
rocket motors |
White Sands Missile Range |
| 2016 | Nestor Armijo House |
150 E. Lohman, Las Cruces |
| 2024 |
The Women's
Improvement Association Clubhouse |
340 N. Reymond, Las
Cruces |
| 2024 |
The Old Fairacres School, now
Elephant Ranch bar |
3995 W. Picacho Ave., Fairacres |
Endangered Historic Property
This designation is used to
identify a historic building or structure, a site, or
landscape that is endangered because of a threat to its
continuing historic significance. The treat may come from
neglect or abandonment, urban sprawl, inappropriate zoning,
natural weathering or building techniques using incompatible
materials.
|
2010 |
De La O Saloon |
Do–a Ana |
|
2011 |
Provencio House |
Mesilla |
|
2013 |
Butterfield Overland Trail |
Across Do–a
Ana County |
| 2017 | Abandoned Picacho
Cemetery, end of Trucha Dr. |
Picacho |
Noteworthy
Restoration or Renovation
This award recognizes a restoration of an historic building in
Do–a Ana County, not necessarily adhering to strict
preservation standards
|
1974 |
La Posta |
2410 Calle de San Albino, Mesilla |
|
1976 |
Double Eagle |
308 Calle de Guadalupe, Mesilla |
|
1985 |
W.W. Cox Home (S’ Italian Bistro) |
523 East Idaho Ave. |
|
2000 |
Alexandra Nason Hall (Casa Rosa) |
2222 Avenida de Mesilla, Mesilla |
|
2001 |
Elias Day House |
Las Cruces |
|
2002 |
Pirtle Residence
|
Mesilla |
|
|
La Posta (2nd time) |
2410 Calle de San Albino, Mesilla |
|
2003 |
Barela/Reynolds/Taylor Home |
Mesilla Plaza |
|
|
La Iglesia de Se–ora de las Candelaria
(a.k.a. Our Lady of Purification) |
5525 Cristo Rey, Do–a Ana |
|
|
YMCA Building (Wm B. Conroy Honors Center) |
NMSU |
|
2005 |
Radium Hot Springs Inn |
145 Leasburg Dam Road (road closed), Radium
Springs |
|
|
Las Palmas Offices and Compound
(Cervantes Law Office) |
2610 S. Espina Street |
|
2006 |
Residence (Bonnie Mandoe home) |
Las Cruces |
|
|
Las Cruces Abtract & Title Co. |
116 S. Campo Street |
|
2007 |
Frenger House (Schothauer residence) |
Las Cruces |
|
2008 |
Bill and Pat Miles Home |
Mesquite |
|
|
Denis and Terry Murphy Home |
Do–a Ana |
|
|
Francisco Amador House |
Las Cruces |
|
2009 |
Gregory and Linda Gendall Home |
Las Cruces |
|
|
Thomas Tate House |
Las Cruces |
|
2010 |
Narciso Alvarez House (Stevens Studio) |
640 N. Mesquite Street |
|
2011 |
McBride/May/Holmes House |
Las Cruces |
|
2012 |
De La O Saloon |
Cristo Rey Street, Do–a Ana |
|
|
Phillips Chapel |
|
| 2018 | LC Chamber of Commerce for the Armijo House | 150 East Lohman, Las Cruces |
| 2023 |
Magdaleno Baca House
by Cliff Schlothauer |
233 S.
San Pedro, Las Cruces |
Building
Adhering to Regional Architecture
This award
recognizes a building in Do–a Ana County built in recent times that follows the historical
architectural style characteristic of New Mexico and the
Southwest. Residential and commercial/industrial buildings in
Do–a Ana County are eligible and owners may also nominate.
|
1967 |
Thomas Branigan Memorial Library (Branigan
Cultural Center) |
501 N. Main Street |
|
|
Ernst and Eugenia Artschwager Home |
Las Cruces |
|
1968 |
Popular Dry Goods Company |
139 N. Main |
|
|
Sarah Hay (Gay?) Home |
Las Cruces |
|
1969 |
Sosa Building |
330 S. Reymond St |
|
|
Louis E. Freudenthal Home |
Las Cruces |
|
1970 |
Los Arcos |
Mesilla |
|
|
Casa Tio Manuel (Cano Home) |
Mesilla |
|
1971 |
Citizens Bank of Las Cruces (Amador Hotel) |
180 W. Amador |
|
|
NewmanÕs Hardware Bldg. (Old Post Office) |
129 S. Main Street |
|
1972 |
Jay Druxman Building |
113 S. Main Street |
|
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Ajax Simpson Home |
Mesilla Park |
|
1973 |
Do–a Ana County Courthouse |
200 block W. Lohman |
|
|
M.A. Thomas Home |
Las Cruces |
|
1974 |
Dean F. Stahmann Home |
La Mesa |
|
|
Landis Shoe Shop |
490 S. Esparanza Street |
|
1975 |
Home of Good Shepard (Emerick Home) |
Mesilla Park |
|
|
La Esquina ?
(Commercial Building) |
300 N. Main |
|
1976 |
Las Cruces Municipal Building (old City
Hall) |
200 N. Church Street |
|
|
Numa Frenger Home |
Las Cruces |
|
1977 |
St. Andrews Episcopal Church |
518 N. Alameda |
|
|
Holiday Inn de Las Cruces |
201 E. University |
|
1978 |
Casa Sheck (Ron Potter Home) |
Las Cruces |
|
|
Pueblo Plaza |
1100 S. Main |
|
1979 |
Rancho Chico (Skip Prichard Home) |
Mesilla |
|
|
WomenÕs Improvement Assoc. Clubhouse |
340 N. Reymond |
|
1980 |
John Coniff Home |
Las Cruces |
|
|
Southwest Abstract & Title Bldg |
(920 N. Alameda ?) |
|
1981 |
Bob Pattison House |
South of Mesilla |
|
|
Immaculate Heart of Mary School |
865 E. Idaho |
|
1982 |
Boutz Plaza |
203 W. Boutz Rd at Marquess Street |
|
|
Bruce Streett Home |
Mesilla Park |
|
1983 |
Homes on Hess Terrace |
Hess Terrace |
|
|
Pan Am Plaza |
Locust and University |
|
1984 |
(no banquet) |
|
|
1985 |
Casa del Corazon del Valle (Kent Jacobs
home) |
Las Cruces |
|
1986 |
Richard & Carol Warren Home |
Las Cruces |
|
|
New Mexico State University Music Center |
NMSU |
|
1987 |
COAS Bookstore |
317 N. Main Street |
|
|
Sisbarro Buick Pontiac GMC, Inc |
425 W. Bountz Rd |
|
1988 |
Bar-F Headquarters
Building |
230 S. Alameda |
|
|
The Arroyo Plaza |
2001 East Lohman |
|
1989 |
Loretto Towne Centre |
505 S. Main Street |
|
|
Mesilla Taylor Construction Company |
|
|
1990 |
Kent Hall |
NMSU |
|
1991 |
Coca-Cola Building (Darden Building) |
505 W. Las Cruces Ave. |
|
1993 |
Samuel Bean House |
Las Cruces |
|
1996 |
Dr. Robert Buckingham Residence |
Mesilla
|
|
1997 |
Mesilla Woodworks |
1802 Ave. de Mesilla, Mesilla |
|
1999 |
R. Clay Doyle Home |
Mesilla |
|
1999 |
Burn Construction Co (Burke Family Farmhouse ) |
2100 W. Amador |
|
2001 |
Skeen Hall |
NMSU |
|
|
James and June Miller Home |
Las Cruces |
|
2002 |
M. LaRue Pollard Home |
Las Cruces |
|
|
New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum |
4100 Dripping Springs Road |
|
2003 |
The Studio at Samuel Bean House |
428 W. Griggs |
|
|
St. Andrews Episcopal Church |
518 N. Alameda |
|
2004 |
Ft. Selden/Radium Springs Community Center |
12060 L.B.
Lindbeck Rd,
Radium Springs |
|
|
Residence (Escamilla/Hernandez) |
Las Cruces |
|
|
ÒTrost RevialÓ Style Buildings (Zuhl
Library, Chemistry Building, Health & Social
Sciences Building, Skeen Hall) |
NMSU |
|
2005 |
Do–a Ana Community College East Mesa Campus |
2800 N.
Sonoma Ranch Road |
|
|
Las Palmas Compound (Orlando Cervantes
Residence) |
Las Cruces |
|
2006 |
Soledad Canyon Rammed Earth Home (Mario and
Pat Bellestri residence) |
|
|
|
Emerick Building |
Mesilla |
|
2007 |
Mesilla Town Hall |
2231 Avenida
de Mesilla, Mesilla |
|
2009 |
Preston Contemporary Art Center |
1755 Avenida
de Mercado, Mesilla |
|
2010 |
Mickey and Jan Clute Home |
Mesilla |
|
2011 |
Hilton Garden Inn |
2550 Don
Roser Dr. |
|
|
Carolyn and Henry Bunch Gallery &
Residence |
1765 Avenida de Mercado,
Mesilla |
|
2012 |
Residence |
Mesilla |
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