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
Adobe ( ; ) is a building material made from earth and organic materials. is Spanish for ''mudbrick''. In some English-speaking regions of Spanish heritage, such as the Southwestern United States, the term is used to refer to any kind of e ...
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.
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The library was added to the
National Register of Historic Places on February 4, 2004.
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Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in New Mexico
Pueblo Revival architecture in New Mexico
Library buildings completed in 1937
Buildings and structures in Hidalgo County, New Mexico
National Register of Historic Places in Hidalgo County, New Mexico
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