Adobe buildings / Houses / Fences / Roofs - Gallery of the Open Frontier

Adobe buildings / Houses / Fences / Roofs
Source :NARA-NWDNS
NaraID :83-G-37805

Photographer :Rusinow, Irving
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Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Agricultural Economics.

Date :04/10/1941-04/16/1941

State :NM
Country :USA

El Cerrito, San Miguel County, New Mexico. Buildings are of many different shapes and sizes. Notice how many of them have pitched roofs instead of the original flat ones. Almost all the walls are made of stone with adobe masonry and are usually coated with adobe plaster. However, some of the oldest houses (which are still in use today) were built entirely of adobe bricks. All in all, these homes are neat and in fairly good repair.