Eldorado Hotel

For the casino hotel in Reno, Nevada, see Eldorado Resort Casino.

Eldorado Hotel
Eldorado Hotel is located in New Mexico
Eldorado Hotel
Location514 Grand, Las Vegas, New Mexico
Coordinates35°35′39″N 105°12′48″W / 35.59417°N 105.21333°W / 35.59417; -105.21333 (Eldorado Hotel)
Arealess than one acre
Builtc.1898-1902
Architectural styleRomanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque
MPSLas Vegas New Mexico MRA
NRHP reference No.85002626[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 26, 1985

The Eldorado Hotel, at 514 Grand in Las Vegas, New Mexico, was built around 1900. It was later briefly known as the Monticello Hotel.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

Based probably the fact that its facade includes semi-circular arches it has been asserted to be Romanesque or Richardsonian Romanesque in style.

Its NRHP nomination asserts "The Eldorado is perhaps the leading remaining example of the local style of brickwork which developed after the establishment of a brickyard in 1898. The arches remain from the Richardsonian Romanesque and the strong symmetry comes from the prevailing classicism. The creativity of local builder/bricklayers shows in the fine embellishments—the stepped and corbeled lines, the projecting brick accents and the recessed panels."[2]

In 1983 it was owned by the city of Las Vegas and was operated as the Vincente Salazar Senior Citizen's Center.[2]

References

  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: Eldorado Hotel / State Survey #1255". National Park Service. 1983. Retrieved October 25, 2018. With accompanying photo from 1983


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