Saunders-Crosby House Explained

Saunders-Crosby House
Coordinates:33.3853°N -104.5206°W
Built:1905
Added:May 16, 1985
Area:less than one acre
Mpsub:Roswell New Mexico MRA
Refnum:85001545

The Saunders-Crosby House, at 200 E. Deming in Roswell, New Mexico, was built in 1905. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

It is unusual in its Queen Anne style because it has a two-story hexagonal cupola and a hexagonal porch and cupola. All eaves have Victorian gingerbread trim.[1] [2]

It was purchased in 1907 as part of recruiting H.P. Saunders, a banker, to move from Dallas, Texas. Mrs. Ruby Saunders Crosby, a daughter who served in the Red Cross overseas during World War I, donated the house to the American National Red Cross in 1965. The Red Cross owned it in 1985.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=85001545}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Saunders-Crosby House ]. National Park Service. John Petronis . Yvonne Oakes . Peggy Stokes . February 21, 1985 . August 5, 2019. This is an excerpt from a longer Roswell/Chaves County study. With
  2. Web site: Historic Resources of Roswell, New Mexico and outlying environs of Chaves County . . John Petronis . Yvonne Oakes . Peggy Stokes. February 21, 1985 . August 5, 2019.