Fitch Hall, at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in

Socorro, New Mexico Socorro (, '' sə-KOR-oh'') is a city in Socorro County in the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is in the Rio Grande Valley at an elevation of . In 2010 the population was 9,051. It is the county seat of Socorro County. Socorro is located south of A ...

, was built in 1937. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. It is a

dormitory A dormitory (originated from the Latin word ''dormitorium'', often abbreviated to dorm) is a building primarily providing sleeping and residential quarters for large numbers of people such as boarding school, high school, college or university s ...

built of stuccoed masonry. It is rectangular with, projecting from the front, a one-story entry porch that has a flat roof and arched openings. It is California Mission Revival in style. It has curvilinear gables at the buildings' sides. Its roof is covered with mission tile. It was designed by architects Brittelle & Ginner Brittelle and Ginner Architecture: Mission/Spanish Revival architecture,

California Mission Revival architecture The Mission Revival style was part of an architectural movement, beginning in the late 19th century, for the revival and reinterpretation of American colonial styles. Mission Revival drew inspiration from the late 18th and early 19th century ...

It was built to serve as a

and was still being used as such in 1987. With It now houses the offices of the institute's Department of Communication, Liberal Arts, and Social Sciences as well as the Writing and Communication Lab.

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National Register of Historic Places in Socorro County, New Mexico Mission Revival architecture in New Mexico University and college buildings completed in 1937 {{NewMexico-NRHP-stub