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Lisa Maue lives in Carrizozo, New Mexico. Formerly a reporter, Lisa continues to write about the people and places in south-central New Mexico.
Ruidoso Tower Serves Small but Crucial Area

Ruidoso Tower Serves Small but Crucial Area

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In 1988, a thematic group nomination of lookout towers built from 1905 to 1942 on National Forest land in New Mexico and Arizona was submitted by Peter L. Steer for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places. Among the lookouts studied were Mon Jeau and the Ruidoso Tower. The latter tower, located in town yet easily overlooked, is unique on several fronts both for its architecture and use. (As a matter of disclosure, the writer worked the Ruidoso Tower…

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Building an Icon of Industrial Pragmatism and Artistic Flourishes in Carrizozo

Building an Icon of Industrial Pragmatism and Artistic Flourishes in Carrizozo

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Bruce Dietrich wrote the application for registration of Rolland’s Drug Store in Carrizozo to the New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties in 2003. The property, built in 1924, was accepted as an example of a utilitarian commercial structure of the time. Its appearance and materials that make up its façade were meant to ooze stability, respectability and no-nonsense in economic insecure times, as it had in countless communities across the nation in the first decades of the 20th century….

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Roy’s Gift Gallery Again Rising

Roy’s Gift Gallery Again Rising

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While Carrizozo is experiencing resurgence, based in part on the popularity of its historical buildings, there is one structure that is being keenly watched as it is being restored. Roy’s Gift Gallery, formerly Paden’s Drug Store, is on the National Register of Historic Places and remains a reminder of past events, as well as an example of a distinctive type of building. Marty Davenport nominated the building in 2004 and it was accepted in Feb. 2005. Davenport was able to…

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