Constructed 1920. A granite marker in front of the Luna County Courthouse commemorates the only casualty from Deming in World War I. Claude Close Howard was killed in action in France. The marker is set on concrete blocks and has a bronze plaque and picture of Mr. Howard 700 S. Read more…
Constructed 1900. With the arrival of the Southern Pacific Railway in 1881 and the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad six months later, the town of Deming was born. First a tent city and shantytown, it did not take long before permanent buildings were erected. The Downtown Deming Historic District Read more…
Constructed 1908. Built in 1908, it was originally the City Hall and fire station. It was remodeled in 1938 by the WPA in Spanish-Pueblo Revival Style. Meeting rooms, a stage, and an auditorium with high ceilings are still used for meetings,stage productions, and music venue as the Deming Performing Arts Read more…
Constructed 2013. Deming, NM has a unique relationship to the Mimbres culture and is celebrating this heritage with a collection of Mimbres pots at their museum and oversized Mimbres pots on the sidewalks used as planters. Visitors can enjoy the unique beauty and learn more about the pots at the Read more…
Constructed 1935. The land on the corner of Tin and Hemlock, was acquired in 1921 for $900. It was not until 1935, however, that the library building was constructed with funds provided by the Public Works Administration. Although the building was remodeled and enlarged throughout the years, the original architectural Read more…
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…