- City:
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park, NM
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Shops and Auxiliary Buildings
- New Deal Agencies:
- Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Work Relief Programs
- Completed:
- 1942
- Designer:
- Ken Saunders
Description
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) constructed a warehouse in what is now known as the Carlsbad Caverns National Park Historic District.
National Register of Historic Places nomination form, 1988:
Warehouse, NPS Bldg #26. Designed in 1941 by architect Ken Saunders of the Branch of Plans and Design, Regional Office, Santa Fe; erected in 1942 by CCC workers; now used as a Maintenance Office and Warehouse.
Simplified Hew Mexican Territorial Revival Style; one-story; rectangular plan measuring about 58′ x 31′; beige-colored stuccoed adobe; arched wooden truss roof with iron tie rods is hidden behind an adobe parapet, and was recently sprayed with urethane foam; concrete floors and foundations; plastered interior walls.
The large windows are steel with fixed multi-lite panes inset with projecting, or pivoting, windows. The rear wall contains 4 small projecting windows of 6 lites each. The entrance door with side lites has recently been remodeled with plate glass inset to replace the original multi-lites. Metal canales project from the
sides of the building. The building is in good condition.
Source notes
National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form:
https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/88001173_text (accessed Apr. 9, 2022)
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on April 9, 2022.
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