The New Mexico Military Institute Summer Camp, Main Building was built in 1926. It was listed on the

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in 1983. It is located in a ravine near the Carrizo River, in Lincoln County, New Mexico, near

Ruidoso, New Mexico Ruidoso is a village in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States, adjacent to the Lincoln National Forest. The population was 8,029 at the 2010 census. The city of Ruidoso Downs and the unincorporated area of Alto are suburbs of Ruidoso, and ...

. The building is U-shaped and reflects a mix of Revivals styles,

with rustic simplicity appropriate to the wilderness setting of New Mexico's White Mountains: the Spanish-Pueblo Revival Styles, and the English Tudor Collegiate Gothic Revival Style, with some suggestions of the Italianate Villa Revival Style. The resulting effect is that of an unusual combination of the "picturesque styles", unique in New Mexico.

It has ornamental vigas. It was part of the

New Mexico Military Institute New Mexico Military Institute (NMMI) is a public military junior college and high school in Roswell, New Mexico. Founded in 1891, NMMI operates under the auspices of the State of New Mexico, under a dedicated Board of Regents that reports to the G ...

(N.M.M.I.). It has also been known as Camp Carrizo and Carrizo Lodge. With

References

National Register of Historic Places in Lincoln County, New Mexico Buildings and structures completed in 1926 {{NewMexico-NRHP-stub