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Proposed Hotel
Portales, New Mexico

 

Description: Proposed Hotel
Address: Portales, Roosevelt County, New Mexico
Type: hotel
Original Client: Coe Howard
Date: early 1920s
Condition: not built

Architect or Firm: Henry C. Trost
Associated Architect or Firm: Trost & Trost
Dimensions and Orientation: three stories
Budget/Cost:

Foundation: probably concrete
Wall Materials: plastered
Roofing Materials: flat
Other Materials Used: wood beams and arcade supports; Luxfor prisms over retail show windows

Location of Drawings: El Paso Public Library: Ponsford 565, photograph of a rendering, perspective view with entourage

Bibliography: On Coe Howard see, Jean M. Burroughs, editor, Roosevelt County History and Heritage (Portales, New Mexico: Bishop Printing Company, 1975), page 62

Remarks: The design combines elements of Pueblo Revival and Mission Revival. Coe Howard (1880-1944) was an attorney with real estate interests. He served as representative from Roosevelt County for 18 years, and played a leading role in establishing the Baptist Children’s Home in Portales.

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