George Sibole Store

The George Sibole Store, in Mimbres, New Mexico, was built in 1912 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

George Sibole Store
LocationE of NM 61, N of Forest Rt. 73, Mimbres, New Mexico
Coordinates32°51′22″N 107°59′04″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1912
Architectural styleVernacular New Mexico
MPSMimbres Valley MRA
NRHP reference No.88000482[1]
Added to NRHPMay 16, 1988

It is located on the east side of New Mexico State Road 61, just north of its intersection with Forest Rt. 73. It is a Vernacular New Mexico style building, made of unstuccoed adobe upon a stone foundation with a corrugated metal gabled roof.[2]

In 1988 it was one of just four historic buildings in Mimbres which had not been altered. The store was built to replace an earlier store building which burned in 1911. the store was deemed "a substantial example of the New Mexico Vernacular type common in the valley". "When Sibole died in 1917 an inventory of the store included "cooking and washing utensils, baby clothes, stove polish, padlocks, ladies' fleece-lined drawers, combs, pocket knives, soap (given free with a case of perfume), sewing supplies, groceries, shoes, pencils and jewelry," along with camphor, castor oil, turpentine and epsom salts."[2]

It was listed on the National Register as part of a 1988 study of historic resources in the Mimbres Valley of Grant County.[3]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. Chris Wilson (1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Sibole, George, Store". National Park Service. Retrieved February 4, 2019. With accompanying pictures
  3. Chris Wilson (September 10, 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Historic Resources of the Mimbres Valley in Grant County". National Park Service. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
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