Friday 7 August 2009

NM Architecture

We may be low-ranked when it comes to national poverty, but there's no shortage of picturesque buildings from any state road. The following can be found along a single 3-mile stretch of a nearby county road.

Adobe is still a typical construction material:
Wood frame and siding became common in the last century:

As did stucco exteriors:

Of the three materials, adobe really does seem to last the longest:

And, lest you come away with the impression that we only have abandoned homesteads, rest assured that rusted-out hulks are commonplace, too:


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