Urton Orchards

Rt. 3, Roswell, New Mexico. County/parish: Chaves.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 29, 1988. NRIS 85003641.

2 contributing buildings.

Also known as:

  • Dr. W.D. McPherson Farm
  • Tooth Acres

From Wikipedia:

Urton Orchards

Urton Orchards, on Rt. 3 in Roswell, New Mexico, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

It includes a Queen Anne-style house with a turret and a wraparound porch, and a stone milk house. The house was built by Urton in 1900, and he lived there until his death in 1929.

Owners in the 1950s, a dentist and his wife, Walter and Carol McPherson, named the property "Tooth Acres".

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77845963

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