Tom Eby Storage Building

The Tom Eby Storage Building, near Dwyer, New Mexico, was built in 1888 or later. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

Tom Eby Storage Building
Nearest cityDwyer, New Mexico
Coordinates32°37′43″N 107°52′00″W
Arealess than one acre
Architectural styleVernacular New Mexico
MPSMimbres Valley MRA
NRHP reference No.88000514[1]
Added to NRHPMay 16, 1988

It is located about 50 feet (15 m) west of State Road 61 and 200 feet (61 m) north of Eby Ranch Rd. It is a rectangular stuccoed adobe building with a corrugated metal hipped roof with "gablets". Some original flat earthen roof sections remain. It has four single doors. Original windows were closed in.[2]

According to its National Register nomination "This building began as a house for Simeon Eby who received the patent for his homestead in 1888. The building is a good example of New Mexico Vernacular construction in the valley and as such meets Criterion C. Its single file plan with a door to each room, adobe construction and hipped roof with gablets are all typical of this predominant historic type. The rooms are deeper than normal, however. After a new house was built nearby by Tom Eby, the building was used as a farm kitchen. In 1972, the windows were bricked in and the building devoted to storage."[2]

It was listed on the National Register as part of a 1988 study of historic resources in the Mimbres Valley of Grant County.[3]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. Chris Wilson (1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Tom Eby Storage Building". National Park Service. Retrieved February 2, 2019. With accompanying photo from 1982
  3. Chris Wilson (September 10, 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Historic Resources of the Mimbres Valley in Grant County". National Park Service. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
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