Constructed 1910. The Luna County Courthouse, designed by W. B. Corwin, with tall clock tower and Greek style portico was completed in 1910. The courthouse is an interesting variant of the Neo-Classical style with elongated proportions. The Courthouse was the site of the controversial trials of 30 Villistas of the Read more…
Constructed 1942. Opened in February 18, 1942 as the El Rancho Theater. The theater accommodated 600 patrons. The opening movie was “Skylark” starring Claudette Colbert. The El Rancho was later named the Deming Theater and after being remodeled in the 1970s called the Sunn Theater. Heavens Beauty Salon now operates Read more…
Constructed 2004. The Deming Railroad Depot survives, having been moved from its original location to a new site in 2004 across from Deming’s Pit Park. The wooden structure is a rare survivor of the earliest railroad era in New Mexico, before railroad companies built more substantial brick and stucco buildings. Read more…
Constructed 1937. Built at the bid cost of $62,400, the national register-listed Deming Post Office was constructed in 1937 by the New Deal programs and is a red brick, single-story building with limestone belt courses, lintels, sills and decorative panels. Kenneth Adams completed the mural “Mountains & Yuccas” in the Read more…
Constructed 1916. The old National Guard Armory building, is now the Deming Luna Mimbres Museum, which was purchased from the State of New Mexico in 1977. The building was built in 1916, the first armory to be completed in the new State of New Mexico. Even before the building was Read more…
Constructed 1889. In the 1840s there was a war raging between Mexico and the United States. The war ended in 1848 but not the dispute over a strip of land called the Mesilla Strip. During that period, a small one room ranchero was built on the site of the Old Read more…
Constructed 1912. The Baker Hotel was built in 1912 for $30,000 by a pioneer ranch family named Baker. The handsome brick building was reputedly designed by the famed El Paso architect Henry C. Trost. The first floor lobby contained expensive leather furniture and was the meeting place for weathered ranchers Read more…
Constructed 1994. Located on the grounds of the Luna County Courthouse, the memorial commemorates the soldiers who were part of the 200th/515th Coast Artillery Anti-Aircraft Regiments who took part in the Battle of Bataan with the Japanese in the Philippines in 1942, during the Second World War. Captured soldiers were Read more…
Constructed 2006. The privately-funded memorial honors the soldiers who lost their lives in the Vietnam War, five of whom were from Grants, NM. The memorial was unveiled in 2006, and the ceremony was attended by Governor Bill Richardson. Santa Fe and El Morro Rd. Grants, NM 87020
Constructed 1959 The West Theater is the last of the three theaters in operation in Grants. The West was originally a single screen theater that was converted to a twin screen cinema. The balcony was converted to the second screen. The theater opened in May 1959, and built at a Read more…