Slaughter-Hill Ranch

1601 E. Second St., Roswell, New Mexico. County/parish: Chaves.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 29, 1988. NRIS 85003640.

Part of Roswell New Mexico MRA (NRIS 64000526).

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Canning Farm
  • Cunningham Homestead
  • Estancia Pavo Real

From Wikipedia:

Slaughter–Hill Ranch

This is about the house and ranch in New Mexico. For the similarly named house in Virginia, please see Slaughter–Hill House

The Slaughter–Hill Ranch, in Roswell, New Mexico, also known as Cunningham Homestead, Estancia Pavo Real, or the Canning Farm, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

It was the first homestead of Sam Cunningham, from Missouri, who built the hand-hewn log house. The building is the only surviving example of a hand-hewn log first homestead in the Roswell area.

The ranch is significant also for association with C.C. Slaughter, a Texas cattleman who established a registered Hereford cattle herd here of national reputation.

After C.C. Slaughter died in 1919, ownership of the property eventually went to George Slaughter's daughter Eloise and her husband Curtis Hill, a lawyer.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77845977