Lea County Courthouse

	Lea County Courthouse
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	NM State Register of Cultural Properties
Location	100 North Main Avenue, Lovington, New Mexico
Coordinates	32°56′46″N 103°20′51″W / 32.94611°N 103.34750°W
Area	3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built	1936
Built by	W. S. Moss
Architect	Orville R. Walker
Architectural style	Art Deco
MPS	County Courthouses of New Mexico TR
NRHP reference No.	87000880
NMSRCP No.	1275
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	December 07, 1987
Designated NMSRCP	May 9, 1986

The Lea County Courthouse is an historic Art deco courthouse building located at 100 North Main Avenue in Lovington, New Mexico. It was designed in 1936 by architect Orville R. Walker of Lubbock and built by W. S. Moss. Until December, 1984, its second and third floors housed the county jail.^[1]^[2]

On December 7, 1987, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b ^c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Lea County Detention Center Archived 2010-11-01 at the Wayback Machine

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[2] Lea County Detention Center Archived 2010-11-01 at the Wayback Machine

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