Administration Building (Portales, New Mexico)

The Administration Building, on the south side of University Pl. and the campus green of Eastern New Mexico University, in Portales in Roosevelt County, New Mexico, was built in 1931. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

Administration Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
NM State Register of Cultural Properties
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Location	S side of University Pl. and campus green., ENMU, Portales, New Mexico
Coordinates	34°10′44″N 103°20′53″W
Area	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built	1931
Architect	Orville R. Walker
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival, Collegiate Gothic Revival
MPS	New Mexico Campus Buildings Built 1906--1937 TR
NRHP reference No.	88001558[1]
NMSRCP No.	1468[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	September 22, 1988
Designated NMSRCP	July 8, 1988

It is registered with the New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties (SRCP).

It is a three-story Collegiate Gothic building with a steep slate roof and pointed pedimented gable ends. It was designed by Lubbock, Texas architect Orville R. Walker. It was built in 1931 and extended in 1936. It was built to serve as an administration building and still did at time of NRHP nomination. It was the first building built on the new Eastern New Mexico University campus; in fact it was completed two years before classes began on the campus. The 1936 work was completed using Works Project Administration funds.

Subsequent buildings on the campus were also done in Collegiate Gothic style.^[3]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "New Mexico's Rich Cultural Heritage: Listed State and National Register Properties" (PDF). New Mexico Historic Preservation Division. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 10, 2014. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
3. Tim Price (1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination Continuation Sheet: Administration Building". National Park Service. Retrieved June 4, 2017. With photo from 1987.

External links

• Media related to Eastern New Mexico University administration building at Wikimedia Commons