Silver City

“The well known Riverwalk Park Area (known locally as “The Big Ditch”) was done with New Deal funds following a severe flood. The main purpose for the project was flood protection. There are also WPA sidewalks in this area and water and sewer lines were put in throughout the city. Read More…

Boston Hill is actually comprised of three hills located at the southern edge of Silver City. The hill is notable for mining activity, which first took place in the 1870s. Though it was prospected for silver ore, it was manganiferous iron ore that was actually mined at this site. The Read More…

Constructed 1880. The small adobe chapel “La Capilla” overlooks Silver City’s oldest residential neighborhood, Chihuahua Hill. The neighborhood evolved from a tent city in the 1870s shortly after the town was founded. The discovery of silver and copper in the vicinity caused boomtown growth and the railroad’s arrival in the Read More…

Constructed 1934. The El Sol Theater was the second theater built for the Silco Theaters chain. It was owned by Edward W. Ward and constructed in 1934.The El Sol Theatre was built as the second theatre in the Silco Theatres chain, owned by Edward W. Ward. It was constructed during Read More…

Constructed 1950. A fantastic example of a small town movie palace. The 1950 Gila Theatre was the first movie house in the area to feature a built-in candy concession, it sports a combination of standard auditorium layout which rises around the entrances at the rear to a stadium-style arrangement. The Read More…

Constructed 1930. Built in 1930, the Art Deco style courthouse was the first county courthouse to use New Deal funds for decorative murals. Theodore Van Soelen, N.A. painted two murals titled “Chino Mines” and “The Round Up” under the Public Works of Art Project in 1933 and 1934. Van Soelen Read More…

Constructed 1938. Towering over Silver City’s downtown historic district, the art deco Murray Hotel has found new life after a long closure. The refurbished hotel offers tasteful guest suites within easy walking distance of Silver City Town Hall and the Silver City Museum. 200 W. Broadway Silver City, NM 88061 Read More…

Constructed 1934. The old Silver City post office was “built in 1934 by the Treasury Department. It is a one-story hollow tile construction with a basement. It has modified Mission-style arches, relief ornamentation and entablature with finials over front entrance, double-leaf front doors, transom covered by row of turned spindles, Read More…

The Palace dates back to 1882. The Meredith and Ailman bank building was built in a superior manner. The iron front, painted dark green presented a remarkably fine appearance and the facade looked very imposing, according to the New Southwest. The Silver City Enterprise announced the opening of the Palace Read More…

Silver City is a Great American Main Street Community winner and the evidence is everywhere. From the colorful buildings to the gargoyles that sit at watch on the old Elk’s Lodge, art is everywhere in the Silver City MainStreet and Arts & Cultural Districts. Don’t miss the murals on the Read More…

Constructed 1923. The 500-seat Liberty Theater in downtown Silver City in the the southwestern corner of New Mexico, first opened in 1923 and was re-named the Silco Theater in 1926. The new name of the theater was inspired by the local silver and copper mining industry. By the 1960s, the Read More…

Constructed 1900. The Silver City Historic District (SCHD) contains the core commercial downtown, the earliest and finest residences of prominent settlers, and important public buildings such as the Grant County Courthouse, which was the town’s first National Register district listing in 1978 (#375377). The Big Ditch or San Vicente Arroyo Read More…

“The 93-mile Trail of the Mountain Spirits winds around the southwest corner of New Mexico, back and forth across the forested Continental Divide, through the country’s first national wilderness area, the Gila, and past ancient cliff dwellings. Long known locally as The Inner Loop, especially among bicycle race fans, the Read More…