Jackson House, Victorian residence in Alamogordo, United States.
Jackson House at 1700 Ninth Street is a residential building showing Queen Anne architectural style with irregular forms and ornamental trim along its exterior walls. The structure displays the characteristic features of this design approach with asymmetrical lines and decorative details throughout.
Built in 1896 by A.P. Jackson, this residence reflects the domestic architecture of that era in New Mexico. It was later recognized and added to both national and state historical registries acknowledging its heritage value.
A.P. Jackson, a lumber dealer born in Denton County, Texas, in 1866, built the house in 1896; he had lumber shipped in on the first train to enter Alamogordo. Most of the town's frame houses were raised with lumber from his Jackson-Galbraith-Foxworth Company, incorporated in New Mexico in January 1904 with capital stock of two hundred thousand dollars.
The building sits in central Alamogordo near other historical sites that are easy to visit during a walking tour of the area. Visitors can examine the exterior structure to understand the architectural character of this time period in New Mexico.
During the 1920s, the property operated as a medical facility for tuberculosis patients, giving it a healing purpose beyond its original residential function. This secondary use is often overlooked today despite its significance in the building's story.
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