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Porter Residence
Las Cruces, New Mexico

 

Description: Porter Residence
Other names:
Address: 226 West Picacho at Alameda, Las Cruces, Dona Ana County, New Mexico
Type: domestic: single family residence
Original Client:
Date:
Condition: extant; in use as a home

Architect or Firm: Gustavus A. Trost
Associated Architect or Firm: Trost & Trost
Contractors:
Dimensions and Orientation: 60 feet across x 36 feet deep, with 12 foot addition to the East; separate servants’ building; two-car garage
Budget/Cost:

Foundation: concrete
Wall Materials: stuccoed
Roofing Materials: red Spanish tile
Other Materials Used:
Remodeling and Additions: the den is an addition

Location of Drawings: none known to exist
Location of Documentary Photographs: UTEP Special Collection

Bibliography:

Remarks: Great attention to live ability was made in the design of this house.

Prepared for the El Paso Public Library by Lloyd C. and June F. Engelbrecht under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, 1990