Desert Valley Museum
a.k.a. Mesquite Branch-Clark County Library;Mesquite Branch-Clark H
31 W. Mesquite Blvd., Mesquite, NVThe Museum/Library Building of Mesquite, Nevada is significant as one of two of the only known surviving examples of National Youth Administration (NYA) activity in Nevada. It is eligible under criteria A and C for association with this New Deal program and for the method of construction and design. Built in 1941 at the end of the program's duration, the Museum/Library building is a vernacular adaptation of Pueblo Revival architecture, a style rarely seen in Nevada.
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.