The Clovis Central Fire Station at 320 Mitchell St. in

Clovis Clovis may refer to: People * Clovis (given name), the early medieval (Frankish) form of the name Louis ** Clovis I (c. 466 – 511), the first king of the Franks to unite all the Frankish tribes under one ruler ** Clovis II (c. 634 – c. 657), ...

, Curry County, New Mexico is an Early Commercial-style building that was built in 1929 and reflected confidence in the city's prospects at the beginning of the

Great Depression The Great Depression (19291939) was an economic shock that impacted most countries across the world. It was a period of economic depression that became evident after a major fall in stock prices in the United States. The economic contagio ...

. It was listed on the

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in 1987. It has also been known as the Clovis

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and Fire Station. In these functions it replaced the 1908 Clovis City Hall and Fire Station (which is also listed on the National Register). It is on the same block as the City Hall and Municipal Court building. It is a two-story building with a truncated

hipped roof A hip roof, hip-roof or hipped roof, is a type of roof where all sides slope downwards to the walls, usually with a fairly gentle slope (although a tented roof by definition is a hipped roof with steeply pitched slopes rising to a peak). Thus, ...

and is partially flat-roofed. Its walls include blonde brick laid in running bond and light gray/tan concrete details. With .

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Fire stations on the National Register of Historic Places in New Mexico National Register of Historic Places in Curry County, New Mexico Early Commercial architecture in the United States Buildings and structures completed in 1929 Clovis, New Mexico {{NewMexico-NRHP-stub