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Socorro (/ s ə ˈ k ɔːr oʊ /, sə-KOR-oh) is a city in Socorro County in the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is in the Rio Grande Valley at an elevation of 4,579 feet (1,396 m). At the 2020 census , the population was 8,707. [ 5 ]
The August Holver Hilton House in Socorro, New Mexico was built in 1912. The house was deemed historically important as the home of August Holver Hilton, father of Conrad Hilton. The father, born in 1856 in Norway, was successful as a merchant in San Antonio. [2] It is of Bungalow/Craftsman architecture.
The Bursum House, at 326 Church St. in Socorro, New Mexico, was built in 1887 by William Watson.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. [1]It is significant as one of few examples of the ornate Eastlake Style architecture, in fashion in San Francisco and elsewhere in the West, that was built in New Mexico.
The House at 303 Eaton Avenue, in Socorro, New Mexico, was built in 1893 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. [1] Its architecture is Late Victorian and vernacular Territorial Style. [1] It is a one-story adobe house, with a Territorial Style portico across its front.
It is the second-largest county in New Mexico by area, after Catron County. Socorro County ranges in elevation from approximately 4,528 ft (1,380 m) on the banks of the Rio Grande to 10,784 ft (3,287 m) at the top of South Baldy peak in the Magdalena Mountains. The southern portion of the Rocky Mountains extend into New Mexico and Socorro County.
Location of Socorro County in New Mexico. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Socorro County, New Mexico. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Socorro County, New Mexico, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are ...
He organized this colony but by December 1864 had returned to San Antonio to continue acquiring and selling real estate there and in Socorro and San Pedro in the following two decades. [1]: 34–35 The town would be protected by Fort Craig, 35 miles north of the new town along the Fort Craig - Fort Thorn Wagon Road. That road ran through the ...
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 ...