Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 03001547 Opened 1937 Added to NRHP 4 February 2004 | Built 1937 (1937) NMSRCP # 1856 Phone +1 575-542-9646 | |
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MPS New Deal in New Mexico MPS Address 208 E 3rd St, Lordsburg, NM 88045, USA Hours Closed today SundayClosedMonday10AM–12PM, 1–6PMTuesday10AM–12PM, 1–6PMWednesday10AM–12PM, 1–6PMThursday10AM–12PM, 1–6PMFriday10AM–12PM, 1–6PMSaturdayClosed Similar Lordsburg Magistrate Court, Lordsbur County Museum, Lordsbur Chamber, Hidalgo County Clerk, Extension Service | ||
The Lordsburg-Hidalgo County Library is a public library located at 208 E. Third St. in Lordsburg, New Mexico. The Lordsburg Women's Club established Lordsburg's library in 1919; it originally operated out of spaces in other public buildings and houses. The Works Progress Administration built a permanent building for the library in 1936-37. The library building has a Pueblo Revival design with adobe walls and vigas supporting the roof. A New Deal-commissioned oil painting titled Landscape in Talpa, which was given to the library upon its opening, decorates the inside. The library currently has over 20,000 volumes and is one of two county-funded libraries in New Mexico.
The library was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 4, 2004.