Chaves County Courthouse

The Chaves County Courthouse, located on the 400 block of Main Street in Roswell, New Mexico, is the center of government of Chaves County. The courthouse was built in 1911 after Roswell's citizens learned that New Mexico would become a state the next year. Isaac Hamilton Rapp, of the Colorado firm I.H. and W.M. Rapp, designed the courthouse in the "monumental civic" adaptation of the Beaux-Arts style. A cupola with green tiles tops the courthouse.

Chaves County Courthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
NM State Register of Cultural Properties
West face of courthouse
Location400 Blk. Main St., Roswell, New Mexico
Coordinates33°23′49″N 104°31′17″W
Area4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built1911 (1911)
Built byLyon and Axtell
ArchitectIsaac Hamilton Rapp, Rapp & Rapp
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Federal, Georgian Revival
MPSCounty Courthouses of New Mexico TR
NRHP reference No.87000892
NMSRCP No.1019
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 15, 1989
Designated NMSRCPJune 8, 1984

The courthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 15, 1989.

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