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

Eddy County New Mexico (Historic Districts) has 5 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of National significance and 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Carlsbad Irrigation District, Caverns, The, Historic District (Boundary Increase), Caverns, The, Historic District and Caverns, The, Historic District (Boundary Increase) and Artesia Residential Historic District.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Eddy County places including Thomas C. Vint, Tom Heflin and Harvey Cornell. Prominent architectural styles found in Eddy Country are Pueblo, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals and Mission/Spanish Revival.

Artesia Residential Historic District (added 2009 - - #09001267)

Roughly bounded by W. Main St. on the N.; W. Missouri Ave. on the S.; S. 2nd St. on the E.; S. 10th St. on the W. , Artesia

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Heflin, Tom

Architectural Style:

Mission/Spanish Revival, Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Domestic, Domestic, Education, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Museum, Park, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Domestic, Education, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Museum, Park, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling

Carlsbad Irrigation District (added 1966 - - #66000476)

Also known as Carlsbad Reclaimation Project; Irrigation system of the Peco, s Improvement Company

N of Carlsbad , Carlsbad

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Federal, Private

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Water Works

Current Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Current Sub-function:

Water Works

Caverns, The, Historic District (added 1988 - - #88001173)

Also known as Carlsbad Caverns National Park Headquarters Area

End of NM 7 , Carlsbad

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Vint,Thomas C.

Architectural Style:

Other, Pueblo

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture, Landscape Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Transportation, Vacant/Not In Use

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel, Multiple Dwelling, Pedestrian Related, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Warehouse

Current Function:

Domestic, Government, Recreation And Culture, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Government Office, Institutional Housing, Multiple Dwelling, Museum, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Caverns, The, Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 2014 - - #14000012)

Also known as Carlsbad Caverns National Park Headquarters

At end of NM 7, Carlsbad

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Area of Significance:

Prehistoric, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Social History, Industry, Commerce

Rattlesnake Springs Historic District (added 1988 - - #88001130)

Also known as Rattlesnake Springs

W of US 62-180, off CR 418 , Carlsbad

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Cornell,Harvey

Architectural Style:

Other, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Pueblo

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Agriculture

Cultural Affiliation:

Anglo-American

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Irrigation Facility, Park, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling