Lordsburg-Hidalgo County Library Explained

Lordsburg--Hidalgo County Library
Designated Other1:N.M. State Register of Cultural Properties
Designated Other1 Date:October 10, 2003
Designated Other1 Number:1856
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:208 E. Third St., Lordsburg, New Mexico
Coordinates:32.3481°N -108.7078°W
Architecture:Pueblo Revival
Added:February 4, 2004
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:03001547

The Lordsburg-Hidalgo County Library is a public library located at 208 E. Third St. in Lordsburg, New Mexico. The Lordsburg Women's Club established Lordsburg's library in 1919; it originally operated out of spaces in other public buildings and houses. The Works Progress Administration built a permanent building for the library in 1936–37. The library building has a Pueblo Revival design with adobe walls and vigas supporting the roof. A New Deal-commissioned oil painting titled Landscape in Talpa, which was given to the library upon its opening, decorates the inside. The library currently has over 20,000 volumes and is one of two county-funded libraries in New Mexico.[1]

The library was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 4, 2004.

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  1. Web site: Ackerly. Neal W.. [{{NRHP url|id=03001547}} National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Lordsburg-Hidalgo County Library]. National Park Service. November 23, 2014. June 2003. .