Urton Orchards

Urton Orchards
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Rt. 3, Roswell, New Mexico
Coordinates	33°26′04″N104°29′10″W / 33.43444°N 104.48611°W / 33.43444; -104.48611 (Urton Orchards)
Area	less than one acre
Architectural style	Queen Anne
MPS	Roswell New Mexico MRA
NRHP reference No.	85003641 [1]
Added to NRHP	August 29, 1988

Urton Orchards, on Rt. 3 in Roswell, New Mexico, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. ^[1]

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. ^[2]

Owners in the 1950s, a dentist and his wife, Walter and Carol McPherson, named the property "Tooth Acres". ^[2]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. Corinne Sze; John Petronis (July 20, 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Urton Orchards / Tooth Acres; Dr. W.D. McPherson Farm". National Park Service . Retrieved July 23, 2019. With accompanying two photos from 1983 and 1988