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Elephant Butte Historic District

  • Also Known As: See Also:Elephant Butte Dam
  • Vicinity: Roughly, along NM 51 From the Elephant Butte Dam to Mescal Canyon and along NM 52 From Ash Canyon to Long Ridge
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Historic District


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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Louis C Hill Architect
1916/00/00

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Particulars for Elephant Butte Historic District:
Cultural Affiliation Anglo-American
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Historic Use Camp
Historic Use Energy facility
Area of Significance Engineering
Area of Significance Entertainment - Recreation
Owner Federal
Historic Use Government Office
Cultural Affiliation Hispanic-American
Area of Significance Historic and non-aboriginal
Sight Category Historic District
Criteria Historic Event
Criteria Information Potential
Area of Significance Landscape Architecture
Historic Use Outdoor recreation
Owner Private
Cultural Affiliation Pueblo
Historic Use Water Works



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 10th February 1997

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Elephant Butte Historic District
Registry Address: Roughly, along NM 51 from the Elephant Butte Dam to Mescal Canyon and along NM 52 from Ash Canyon to Long Ridge
Registry Number: 96001616
Resource Type: District
Owner: Private, Federal
Architect: Hill, Louis C.
Architectural Style: Other
Attribute: Pueblo
Area in Acres: 2443
Contributing Buildings: 30
Non-Contributing Buildings: 28
Contributing Sites: 34
Non-Contributing Sites: 1
Contributing Structures: 10
Non-Contributing Structures: 9
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Landscape architecture, Entertainment-recreation, Historic and non-aboriginal, Architecture, Engineering
Applicable Criteria: Information Potential, Architecture-Engineering, Event
Cultural Affiliation: Anglo-American, Hispanic American
Significant Year: 1916
Historic Function: Recreation and Culture, Government, Domestic, Industry, processing, extraction
Historic Sub-Function: Government office, Camp, Water works, Outdoor recreation, Energy facility
Current Function: Government, Recreation and Culture, Industry, processing, extraction
Current Sub-Function: Government office Outdoor recreation Energy facility Water works

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