National Register of Historic Places - New Mexico (NM), Sierra County

Sierra County New Mexico has 30 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of National significance and 11 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Elephant Butte Dam, Hillsboro Peak Lookout Tower and Cabin, Alert--Hatcher Building, Bucher, William H., House and Fort McRae.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Jornada Mogollon, Mimbres Mogollon, Late Archaic, Apache and Or dating back to 0.

Several famous people are associated with these Sierra County historic places including William H. Bucher, George and Ninette Miller and Carrie Tingley.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Sierra County places including Louis C. Hill, William S. Henderson, Willard C. Kruger, J. M. Lewis, U.S. Army, Peter Galles, L.M. Lawson, Louis A. Simon, Trost & Trost Architects $ Engineers and Louis C. Hill. Prominent architectural styles found in Sierra Country are Late Victorian, Classical Revival and Mission/Spanish Revival.

Alert--Hatcher Building (added 1995 - - #95000460)

Also known as Alert Block;Hatcher Hotel

Jct. of Second Ave. and Main St., SE corner , Hillsboro

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Health/Medicine, Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Health Care

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store, Hospital, Hotel, Medical Business/Office, Restaurant, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling

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Archeological Site No. LA1082 (added 1988 - - #88000474)

Also known as LA1082

Address Restricted , Truth or Consequences

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Jornada Mogollon, Mimbres Mogollon

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Village Site

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Archeological Site No. LA1119 (added 1989 - - #88000489)

Also known as LA1119

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Jornada Mogollon, Mimbres Mogollon

Period of Significance:

1499-1000 AD

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Village Site

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park

Archeological Site No. LA49016 (added 1989 - - #88000484)

Also known as LA49016

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Mimbres Mogollon, Late Archaic, Jornada Mogollon

Period of Significance:

499-0 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Village Site

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park

Archeological Site No. LA49030 (added 1989 - - #88000486)

Also known as LA49030

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Mimbres Mogollon, Jornada Mogollon

Period of Significance:

1000-500 AD

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Village Site

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park

Archeological Site No. LA50548 (added 1989 - - #88000488)

Also known as LA50548

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Mimbres Mogollon

Period of Significance:

1499-1000 AD

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Village Site

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Archeological Site No. LA517 (added 1989 - - #88000473)

Also known as LA517

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Mimbres Mogollon, Jornada Mogollon

Period of Significance:

1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Village Site

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Bucher, William H., House (added 1995 - - #95000461)

300 W. Main St. , Hillsboro

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Historic Significance:

Person

Historic Person:

Bucher, William H.

Area of Significance:

Economics, Industry

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

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Chambers Canyon Site (LA49028) (added 1989 - - #88000485)

Also known as LA49028

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Jornada Mogollon, Mimbres Mogollon

Period of Significance:

1000-500 AD

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Village Site

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park

Elephant Butte Dam (added 1979 - - #79001556)

NW of Elephant Butte off NM 51 , Elephant Butte

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Conservation, Agriculture, Engineering

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Public Works

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Public Works

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Elephant Butte Historic District (added 1997 - - #96001616)

Also known as See Also:Elephant Butte Dam

Roughly, along NM 51 from the Elephant Butte Dam to Mescal Canyon and along NM 52 from Ash Canyon to Long Ridge , Elephant Butte

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event, Information Potential

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Hill, Louis C.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Engineering, Landscape Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Architecture

Cultural Affiliation:

Hispanic American, Anglo-American

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Federal, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Energy Facility, Government Office, Outdoor Recreation, Water Works

Current Function:

Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Energy Facility, Government Office, Outdoor Recreation, Water Works

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Fort McRae (added 2005 - - #05000258)

Also known as LA 4983

Address Restricted , Elephant Butte

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Historic Significance:

Event, Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Military, Historic - Non-Aboriginal

Cultural Affiliation:

Euroamerican

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Defense

Historic Sub-function:

Military Facility

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Hillsboro High School (added 1993 - - #93000254)

Also known as Sierra County High School;Hillsboro Community Center;SR 1304

Jct. of Elenora St. and First Ave., SE corner , Hillsboro

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Trost & Trost Architects $ Engineers

Architectural Style:

Mission/Spanish Revival

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Education, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Auditorium, School

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Hillsboro Peak Lookout Tower and Cabin (added 1988 - - #87002475)

Gila National Forest , Hillsboro

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Conservation, Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic, Government

Historic Sub-function:

Institutional Housing

Current Function:

Domestic, Government

Current Sub-function:

Institutional Housing

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Horse Island Site (LA48996) (added 1988 - - #88000478)

Also known as LA48996

Address Restricted , Truth or Consequences

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Apache, Archaic, Or

Period of Significance:

499-0 AD, 1900-1750 AD

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Defense, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Village Site

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park

Hot Springs Bathhouse and Commerical Historic District in Truth or Consequences (added 2005 - - #05000409)

Also known as Hot Springs

Roughly bounded by Post, Ban Patten, Pershing and Main Sts. , Truth or Consequences

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Moderne, Pueblo

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Health/Medicine, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Federal, Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Health Care, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Auditorium, Hotel, Multiple Dwelling, Restaurant, Sanatorium, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Health Care, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Auditorium, Hotel, Multiple Dwelling, Restaurant, Sanatorium, Specialty Store

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Kettle Top Butte Site (LA48995) (added 1988 - - #88000477)

Also known as LA48995

Address Restricted , Truth or Consequences

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Jornada Mogollon, Or, Mimbres Mogollon

Period of Significance:

499-0 AD, 1000-500 AD

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Defense, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Fortification, Village Site

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park

Longbottom Canyon Site (LA49033) (added 1989 - - #88000487)

Also known as LA49033

Address Restricted , Truth or Consequences

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Jornada Mogollon

Period of Significance:

1499-1000 AD

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Village Site

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park

Meyers House (added 1995 - - #95000463)

Main St. N side between 4th and 5th Aves. , Hillsboro

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian, Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Miller, George Tambling and Ninette Stocker, House (added 1995 - - #95000465)

Elenora St. S side, W of Union Church , Hillsboro

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Lewis, J. M., Galles, Peter

Architectural Style:

Other, Late Victorian

Historic Person:

Miller, George and Ninette

Significant Year:

1894

Area of Significance:

Art, Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

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Monticello Point Archeological District (added 1988 - - #88000476)

Also known as LA48990,LA48991,LA48992,LA48993,LA48994

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Jornada Mogollon

Period of Significance:

1499-1000 AD

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Village Site

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park

Palomas Narrows North (LA38755) (added 1989 - - #88000475)

Also known as LA38755

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Mimbres Mogollon

Period of Significance:

1499-1000 AD

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Camp

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park

Palomas Narrows South (LA49007) (added 1989 - - #88000479)

Also known as LA49007

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Mimbres Mogollon

Period of Significance:

1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Village Site

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park

Percha Creek Bridge (added 1997 - - #97000731)

Also known as NMSHTD #1519

NM 90 over Percha Cr. , Hillsboro

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Henderson,William S.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Engineering, Transportation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Pedestrian Related

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Percha Diversion Dam (added 1979 - - #79001555)

2 mi. (3.2 km) NE of Arrey , Arrey

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Lawson,L.M.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Conservation, Agriculture, Engineering

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Public Works

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Public Works

More Information:

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Robins, Will M., House (added 1995 - - #95000462)

Jct. of Main St. and Fifth Ave., SW corner , Hillsboro

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

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Sullivan, Cornelius, House (added 1995 - - #95000459)

Also known as Sullivan,Cornelius (Neil),House

Jct. of Elenora and First Ave., SW corner , Hillsboro

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Tingley, Carrie, Hospital Historic District (added 2005 - - #03001546)

Also known as New Mexico Veterans' Center, Carrie Tingley Hospital for Crippled Children

992 Broadway , Truth or Consequences

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Historic Significance:

Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Kruger, Willard C.

Architectural Style:

Other

Historic Person:

Tingley, Carrie

Significant Year:

1936

Area of Significance:

Social History, Health/Medicine, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Health Care

Historic Sub-function:

Hospital

Current Function:

Health Care

Current Sub-function:

Hospital

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US Post Office--Truth or Consequences Main (added 1990 - - #90000141)

Also known as Truth or Consequences Main Post Office;Hot Springs Post Offi

400 Main St. , Truth or Consequences

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Deutsch,Boris, Simon,Louis A.

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Art, Architecture

Cultural Affiliation:

Wpa Art

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Post Office

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Post Office

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Webster, John M., House (added 1995 - - #95000464)

Also known as Shepard House;Robinson House

Jct. of Main St. and Fifth Ave., SE corner , Hillsboro

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian, Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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