Hobson-Huntsinger University Archives Photograph Collection, 1890-1982
Date
circa 1913
Decade
1910s
Subject (LCSH)
College campuses
Subject (local)
New Mexico State University. Entrance to campus
Historical context
Spanish Renaissance Revival Period (1907-1940): When the College’s President Luther Foster hired Henry C. Trost of the El Paso, Texas, architectural firm Trost & Trost, to develop a campus plan and accompanying architectural style for the institution in 1907, he set in motion a concept that would influence future campus buildings for more than fifty years. Trost had developed an architectural theme he called “Arid America” that reflected the environmental factors found in the deserts of the Greater Southwest. Following a Revivalist trend in American architecture in the early twentieth century in which Americans looked back at its earlier architectural history for design inspiration, Trost was influenced by a variety of styles including the Chicago School, Prairie, Mission, Spanish Colonial, and Pueblo revival styles, which he blended to create what he believed would be uniquely suited to the Southwest’s arid climate. Most of the buildings Trost designed for the NMCA&MA campus drew from these styles to create what he called a “Spanish Renaissance” look (...)" Cited from NMSU Heritage Preservation Plan - Volume 1, p. 17.
Provenance
Alumni Relations
Era Rentfrow Estate
Extent
5 x 7 in.
Notes
Entrance to A&M College leading to the Hadley Hall. The Organ Mountains visible in the background.