Eklund Hotel, Clayton, NM
**Eklund Hotel** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 01001470, date listed 1/17/2002
15 Main St.
Clayton, NM (Union County)
The Eklund Hotel is a three-story commercial building located in Clayton. Union County. New Mexico. The hotel is situated on the main commercial street of Clayton and occupies three city lots. The building, rectangular in plan, is 55-feet-wide by 100-feet-deep, and built of coursed, rough-cut sandstone with a metal cornice and pediment crowning its facade. The core of the building dates to 1892, and was constructed as a bar and lunch room, which soon expanded to become a hotel and dining room, taking on its current three-story appearance in 1905.
The building is topped with a metal cornice and centered pediment with the date “1905” and name “Hotel Ekiund” raised across its face. Surmounting the building are two large billboard signs arranged at skew displaying in large letters the name “Eklund.”(1)
References (1) NRHP Nomination Form s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg...
Eklund Hotel, Clayton, NM
**Eklund Hotel** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 01001470, date listed 1/17/2002
15 Main St.
Clayton, NM (Union County)
The Eklund Hotel is a three-story commercial building located in Clayton. Union County. New Mexico. The hotel is situated on the main commercial street of Clayton and occupies three city lots. The building, rectangular in plan, is 55-feet-wide by 100-feet-deep, and built of coursed, rough-cut sandstone with a metal cornice and pediment crowning its facade. The core of the building dates to 1892, and was constructed as a bar and lunch room, which soon expanded to become a hotel and dining room, taking on its current three-story appearance in 1905.
The building is topped with a metal cornice and centered pediment with the date “1905” and name “Hotel Ekiund” raised across its face. Surmounting the building are two large billboard signs arranged at skew displaying in large letters the name “Eklund.”(1)
References (1) NRHP Nomination Form s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg...