Barela-Reynolds House, Calle Principal, Mesilla, Dona Ana County, NM

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40 b&w photos
1 data pages
3 photo caption pages

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TITLE:
Barela-Reynolds House, Calle Principal, Mesilla, Dona Ana County, NM

CALL NUMBER:
HABS NM-205

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Measured Drawing(s): 8
Photo(s): 40 (5 x 7)
Photo Caption Page(s): 3

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1933.

CREATOR:
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HABS NM-205

Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N1005).

Building/structure dates: 1953 subsequent work

Building/structure dates: 1903 subsequent work

Building/structure dates: 1850 initial construction

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 1978-01-20

Significance: The Barela-Reynolds House survives today as an outstanding example of a building type - the store with attached residence - which was once commonly found in small towns across New Mexico. Considered an excellent example of the Territorial Style, and possessing one of the few remaining metal-front facades in the state, the building was listed on the NRHP in 1978. Today (2005) the Barela-Reynolds House serves as a prominent reminder of Mesilla's nineteenth-century heyday when the town was one of the most important settlement's in the American Southwest.

SUBJECTS:
NEW MEXICO--Dona Ana County--Mesilla
commerce
general stores
dwellings

COLLECTION:
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.nm0269

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
Perspective view from Plaza looking northwest, of east facade (Elevation E1)
Oblique view from Plaza looking northwest, of east facade (Elevation E1)
Oblique view from Plaza looking southwest, of east facade (Elevation E1)
East facade of former Barela Store and entrance to Barela-Reynolds House
East facade of former Barela Store and entrance to Barela-Reynolds House, with scale stick
Detail view of entrance to Barela-Reynolds House, with scale stick
East facade of former Griggs & Reynolds Store
East facade of former Griggs & Reynolds Store, with scale stick
Detail of cornice of former Griggs & Reynolds Store
Detail of cornice of former Griggs & Reynolds Store
View looking east toward Plaza doors along north side of house
View looking southeast toward north facade of house
Perspective view looking northeast of south facade (Elevation S3)
Perspective view looking northeast across West Patio toward house (Elevations S1 and W1)
Detail view of niche in south wall of West Patio
Interior view of former Griggs & Reynolds Store, looking west
Interior view of former Griggs & Reynolds Store, looking northwest
Detail view of stair in former Griggs & Reynolds Store
Detail view of newel post at stair landing in former Griggs & Reynolds Store
View looking east in attic of former Griggs & Reynolds Store
View looking west in Zaguan, toward East Patio
Detail view of doorway to East Patio, at west end of Zaguan
View looking east in Zaguan, toward Plaza
View of Parlor, looking northeast
View of passage between Parlor and Music Room, looking south
View of Music Room, looking east
View of Dining Room, looking west
View of East Patio, looking east toward rear wall of former Griggs & Reynolds Store (Elevation W2)
View in East Patio, looking north beneath edge of Portal roof
View of inner Zaguan, looking west
View of inner Zaguan, looking southwest into Sala Grande
View of Sala Grande, looking northeast into inner Zaguan
View of Sala Grande, looking northeast
View of Oratorio, looking west
View of Children's Bedroom, looking north
Detail view of fireplace in northwest corner of Children's Bedroom
Detail view of fireplace in northwest corner of Children's Bedroom, with scale stick
View of Guest Bedroom, looking west
Detail view of doorknob and plate, at north exterior door
Detail view of doorknob and plate, at door between Zaguan and Parlor

CONTROL #:
NM0269

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