New Mexico University Hadley Hall
Las Cruces, New Mexico

Description: Hadley Hall
Other Names: Administration Building
Address: New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (New Mexico State University), Las Cruces (University Park) Dona Ana County, New Mexico
Type: educational: college, later university
Original Client: New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Date: 1907
Condition: demolished 1958. Current administration building occupies the location

Architect or Firm: Henry C. Trost
Associated Architect or Firm: Trost & Trost
Contractors:
Dimensions and Orientation: three stories, 62 feet across by 104 feet 6 inches deep; Spanish or Italian Renaissance Style
Budget/Cost:

Foundation: concrete
Wall Materials: outer, brick; inner, wood
Roofing Materials: Malthoid, galvanized iron, tile coping
Other Materials Used: staff ornament, galvanized iron cornice and domes
Remodeling and Additions:

Location of Drawings: El Paso Public Library, (E-2) 14 ink on linen plans, including side, front and rear elevations, and details.
Location of Documentary Photographs: New Mexico State University Library: Rio Grande Historical Collections/Hobson-Huntsinger University Archives

Bibliography: Lloyd C. and June F. Engelbrecht, Henry C. Trost: Architect of the Southwest (El Paso: El Paso Public Library Association, 1981), page 95; figure 72, photograph; figure 73, facade elevation

Remarks: The design included a state and assembly room.

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