The Flying H Ranch, near Roswell, New Mexico, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. The listing included 10 contributing buildings on four discontinuous areas.[1][2]

Flying H Ranch
Flying H Ranch is located in New Mexico
Flying H Ranch
Flying H Ranch is located in the United States
Flying H Ranch
LocationOff U.S. Route 70 between Hope and Elk Area, near Roswell, New Mexico
Coordinates33°00′41″N 105°08′22″W / 33.01139°N 105.13944°W / 33.01139; -105.13944
Area15 acres (6.1 ha)
Architectural styleNew Mexico vernacular
MPSRoswell New Mexico MRA
NRHP reference No.85003633[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 14, 1988

Billy the Kid worked on the ranch, and it includes a dugout where Billy the Kid hid later.[3]

It is located off U.S. Route 70 between Hope and Elk Area.

It includes New Mexico vernacular architecture.[2]

It includes:

  • the James J. Dolan House (early 1890s), a one-story L-shaped building of adobe covered with clapboard, built by James J. Dolan.
  • the Clement Hendricks House (c.1929), an adobe house enlarged from a pre-existing adobe dwelling. It has a stepped parapet.[2]
  • more

A home of Pat Garrett, the Patrick Floyd Garrett House, not too far away, is separate, and is also listed on the National Register.[1][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c Corinne Sze; John Petronis (July 20, 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Flying H Ranch". National Park Service. Retrieved May 15, 2018. With accompanying 11 photos
  3. ^ "MRA document for Roswell New Mexico and area" (PDF). Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  4. ^ Corinne Sze; John Petronis (July 20, 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Patrick Floyd Garrett House". National Park Service. Retrieved May 15, 2018. With accompanying photo from 1983