Cimarron Public School
Cimarron, New Mexico
Description: Cimarron School
Other Names:
Address: Cimarron, Colfax County, New Mexico
Type: educational
Original Client: local school board
Historic Inventory:
Date: 1908
Condition: demolished
Architect or Firm: Henry C. Trost
Associated Architect or Firm: Trost & Trost
Contractors:
Dimensions and Orientation: four room, two stories with additional two rooms to be added at another date
Budget/Cost: $10,000, including equipment
Foundation: concrete
Wall Materials: red brick
Roofing Materials: tin
Other Materials Used:
Remodeling and Additions:
Present Owner:
Location of Drawings: None known to exist
Location of Documentary Photographs:
Bibliography: 1. Images of America Cimarron and Philmont, Randall M. MacDonald, Gene Lamm, and Sarah E. MacDonald page 70 shows a picture of the building
2. The Cimarron Citizen, May 13, 1908 page 1 ‘Plan Are Completed’
3. The Cimarron Citizen, March 18, 1908 page 3 ‘Cimarron Will Begin Building a New School House Soon. Plans Drawn’
4. The Cimarron Citizen, August 26, 1911 page 1 shows picture of the school house
Remarks:
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.