National Register of Historic Places

Southwestern Range and Sheep Breeding Laboratory Historic District

Fort Wingate, McKinley County, New Mexico
Listed
May 29, 2003
Type
District
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
03000488

About this property

The Southwestern Range and Sheep Breeding Laboratory Historic District is a historic district in Cibola National Forest near Fort Wingate, New Mexico which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. It includes Pueblo Revival architecture. The district is 81.8 acres (33.1 ha) in size and includes 14 contributing buildings, 20 contributing structures, and five contributing sites. It is about 10 miles (16 km) east of Gallup, New Mexico, and 2.2 miles (3.5 km) southwest of Fort The focus of the district is a building complex that makes up the Cibola National Forest's Fort Wingate Work Center, which originally was established as the Southwestern Range and Sheep Breeding Laboratory in 1935 by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It includes buildings designed by the architectural firm of Mayers, Murray, and Phillip.

Location

Fort Wingate, McKinley County, New Mexico
35.45557, -108.56978

Categories

SOCIAL HISTORYAGRICULTURENATIVE AMERICANARCHITECTUREHISTORIC - ABORIGINALHISTORIC - NON-ABORIGINAL
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Sources

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Nearby Historic Sites

Fort Wingate Historic District
Early Republic
1.8 mi
Route 66, State maintained from Iyanbito to Rehobeth
Industrial
4.3 mi
El Rancho Hotel
Colonial
10 mi
Redwood Lodge
Pre Contact
10.4 mi
Drake Hotel
Industrial
10.8 mi

Nearby Battles

Fort Wingate — Navajo Hostility (November 1862)
1862Indian Wars
1.6 mi

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When was Southwestern Range and Sheep Breeding Laboratory Historic District listed on the National Register?

Southwestern Range and Sheep Breeding Laboratory Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 29, 2003.

What type of historic resource is Southwestern Range and Sheep Breeding Laboratory Historic District?

Southwestern Range and Sheep Breeding Laboratory Historic District is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Southwestern Range and Sheep Breeding Laboratory Historic District?

The period of significance for Southwestern Range and Sheep Breeding Laboratory Historic District is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1935.

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