The Seaman Field House, at 304 Silver Ave. in
Deming, New Mexico
Deming (, ''DEM-ing'') is a city in Luna County, New Mexico, Luna County, New Mexico, United States, west of Las Cruces, New Mexico, Las Cruces and north of the Mexico–United States border, Mexican border. The population was 14,855 as of the ...
, was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
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It has also been known as the United States Customs House. It was home of Seaman Field, who was a collector of customs under President Grover Cleveland's 1885-1889 and 1893-1897 terms. He also served as Deming's first mayor, on the board of trustees for the local high school, and on the board of Regents of the agricultural college, and as a county commissioner and probate judge.][
The house is believed to incorporate a poured ]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 ...
original house, one of Deming's earliest, built between 1881 and 1886.[ With ]
References
National Register of Historic Places in Luna County, New Mexico
Custom houses in the United States
Custom houses on the National Register of Historic Places
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