New Mexico - Eddy County - Historic Districts
Eddy County New Mexico (Historic Districts) has 4 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Carlsbad Irrigation District and Caverns, The, Historic District, Artesia Residential Historic District, Rattlesnake Springs 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
Martin H., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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
Acroterion, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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
Rattlesnake Springs Historic District (added 1988 - - #88001130)
Also known as Rattlesnake Springs
W of US 62-180, off CR 418 , Carlsbad
Acroterion, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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
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