National Register of Historic Places

Fitch, James Gurden, House

Socorro, Socorro County, New Mexico
Listed
February 20, 1991
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
91000035

About this property

The James Gurden Fitch House, at 311 McCutcheon Ave. in Socorro, New Mexico, was built around 1893. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. It was deemed significant as follows:Architecturally, the Fitch house is an example of the brick dwellings which were built on and near McCutcheon Avenue in the 1880s and early 1890s using new materials and styles brought by the railroad and reflecting the prosperity of Socorro's mining boom. The Neo-Classical porch columns added by the original owner are an unusual touch for Socorro and perhaps derive from the Classical influence that followed the Columbian Exposition of 1893. Historically it is significant as the home of James Gurden Fitch, one of Socorro's leading professional men of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries."

Location

311 McCutcheon Ave.
Socorro, Socorro County, New Mexico
34.05526, -106.89513

Categories

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Sources

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When was Fitch, James Gurden, House listed on the National Register?

Fitch, James Gurden, House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 20, 1991.

What type of historic resource is Fitch, James Gurden, House?

Fitch, James Gurden, House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Fitch, James Gurden, House is recorded as the industrial era.

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