The Administration Building, on the south side of University Pl. and the campus green of

Eastern New Mexico University Eastern New Mexico University (ENMU or Eastern) is a public university with a main campus in Portales, New Mexico, and two associate degree-granting branches, one at Ruidoso and one at Roswell. ENMU is New Mexico's largest regional comprehensiv ...

, in Portales in

Roosevelt County, New Mexico Roosevelt County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2010 census, the population was 19,846. Its county seat is Portales. The county was created in 1903 from Chaves and Guadalupe counties and named for the then-curre ...

, was built in 1931. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

in 1988. It is registered with the

New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties The New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties is a register of historic and prehistoric properties located in the state of New Mexico. It is maintained by the New Mexico Historic Preservation Division of the New Mexico Department of Cultura ...

(SRCP). It is a three-story Collegiate Gothic building with a steep slate roof and pointed

pedimented Pediments are gables, usually of a triangular shape. Pediments are placed above the horizontal structure of the lintel, or entablature, if supported by columns. Pediments can contain an overdoor and are usually topped by hood moulds. A pediment ...

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

campus; in fact it was completed two years before classes began on the campus. The 1936 work was completed using

Works Project Administration The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to carry out public works projects, in ...

funds. Subsequent buildings on the campus were also done in Collegiate Gothic style. With .

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* National Register of Historic Places in New Mexico Gothic Revival architecture in New Mexico Collegiate Gothic architecture in the United States University and college buildings completed in 1931 Roosevelt County, New Mexico New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties Eastern New Mexico University University and college administration buildings in the United States 1931 establishments in New Mexico {{NewMexico-NRHP-stub