The Tom Eby Storage Building, near Dwyer, New Mexico, was built in 1888 or later. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
Tom Eby Storage Building | |
Nearest city | Dwyer, New Mexico |
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Coordinates | 32°37′43″N 107°52′00″W / 32.62861°N 107.86667°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Architectural style | Vernacular New Mexico |
MPS | Mimbres Valley MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 88000514[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 16, 1988 |
It is located about 50 feet (15 m) west of State Road 61 and 200 feet (61 m) north of Eby Ranch Rd. It is a rectangular stuccoed adobe building with a corrugated metal hipped roof with "gablets". Some original flat earthen roof sections remain. It has four single doors. Original windows were closed in.[2]
According to its National Register nomination "This building began as a house for Simeon Eby who received the patent for his homestead in 1888. The building is a good example of New Mexico Vernacular construction in the valley and as such meets Criterion C. Its single file plan with a door to each room, adobe construction and hipped roof with gablets are all typical of this predominant historic type. The rooms are deeper than normal, however. After a new house was built nearby by Tom Eby, the building was used as a farm kitchen. In 1972, the windows were bricked in and the building devoted to storage."[2]
It was listed on the National Register as part of a 1988 study of historic resources in the Mimbres Valley of Grant County.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b Chris Wilson (1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Tom Eby Storage Building". National Park Service. Retrieved February 2, 2019. With accompanying photo from 1982
- ^ Chris Wilson (September 10, 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Historic Resources of the Mimbres Valley in Grant County". National Park Service. Retrieved January 31, 2019.