Tome Jail

Tome Jail
Tome Jail in 2013
Location Tome Plaza
Tome, New Mexico
Coordinates 34°44′26″N 106°43′49″W / 34.74056°N 106.73028°W / 34.74056; -106.73028Coordinates: 34°44′26″N 106°43′49″W / 34.74056°N 106.73028°W / 34.74056; -106.73028
Built 1875
NRHP reference # 77000932[1]
NMSRCP # 257[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP October 5, 1977
Designated NMSRCP July 5, 1972

Tome Jail is a historic jail building in Tome, New Mexico. It is the only surviving part of the former Valencia County Courthouse, built when the county seat was moved from Belen to Tome in 1875. The courthouse was a two-story adobe building which gradually disappeared due to erosion, but the jail had more durable stone walls and remained standing. Construction of the building was probably authorized by Probate Judge Manuel A. Otero, who was the chief county official at the time and whose name appears in a bilingual inscription carved into the stone lintel.[3]

The building is 15 feet (4.6 m) wide by 25 feet (7.6 m) deep, with plastered stone walls 4 feet (120 cm) thick. It has small windows on the south and west sides, each with a double set of bars set into a wooden frame on the inside and a sandstone frame on the outside. The interior walls and roof are of rough-cut lumber.[3]

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Listed State and National Register Properties" (PDF). New Mexico Historic Preservation Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
  3. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Tome Jail". National Park Service. October 5, 1977. Retrieved October 27, 2017. with five accompanying photos
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