Block plan of buildings for New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts by Henry C. Trost
Information
Image number
UA0309004
Image classification
Buildings and Grounds - 0309 - Campus maps
Date
circa 1907
Decade
1900s
Description and notes
Designed by Henry C. Trost company, the horseshoe block plan of New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts includes the following 13 buildings starting from the bottom left clockwise, Armory, Preparatory School, Chemical Laboratory, Biological Laboratory, Domestic Science and Art, Library, Administration, Fine Arts, Textiles and Ceramics, Horticulture, Engineering, Agriculture, and YMCA. Trost and Trost Architects company was located in El Paso, Texas.
Historical context
In 1907, the headline in the Las Cruces newspaper announced “New College to be Work of Art.” Pioneer southwestern architect Henry C. Trost had been commissioned to design a plan for the fledgling New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, founded only 19 years earlier. The plan for what was to become New Mexico State University included a horseshoe drive and 13 buildings that were to form the school’s centerpiece. “With six buildings at each side in the form of a horseshoe and the administration building in the center, the College will present an appearance of unity and harmony rarely found in like institutions,” the article read. Cited from Architectural Origins at NMSU Our Heritage website, https://www.nmsu.edu/about_nmsu/Our-Heritage.html
Subject (LCSH)
College campuses
New Mexico State University
Public architecture
Buildings
Trost, Henry C. (Henry Charles), 1860-1933
Digital publisher
New Mexico State University Library
Access rights
Public record. No restrictions on use. See New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act, Chapter 14, Article 2, 8th Edition, 2015
Source
NMSU Library Archives and Special Collections Department