Sallie Chisum Robert House

The Sallie Chisum Robert House is a historic house in Artesia, New Mexico. It was built with cast stone in 1908 for Sallie Chisum Robert, one of Artesia's co-founders whose uncle was the cattle baron John Chisum.[2] Born in Texas, she married a German immigrant, William Robert, only to divorce him and become a homesteader in Artesia; she later moved to Roswell, New Mexico.[2] The house was designed in the Dutch Colonial Revival architectural style, with a gambrel roof.[2] It was added to New Mexico's State Register of Cultural Properties in 1977.[3] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since March 2, 1984.[1]

Sallie Chisum Robert House
Sallie Chisum Robert House is located in New Mexico
Sallie Chisum Robert House
Location801 West Texas Street, Artesia, New Mexico
Coordinates32°50′35″N 104°24′21″W / 32.84306°N 104.40583°W / 32.84306; -104.40583 (Sallie Chisum Robert House)
Arealess than one acre
Built1908 (1908)
Architectural styleDutch Colonial Revival
MPSArtificial Stone Houses of Artesia TR
NRHP reference No.84002939[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 2, 1984

References edit

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Sallie Chisum Robert House". National Park Service. Retrieved February 4, 2019. With accompanying pictures
  3. ^ "Five Added to Register of Cultural Properties". Hobbs Daily News-Sun. Hobbs, New Mexico. August 4, 1977. p. 18. Retrieved February 4, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.