The PWA built two dormitories in 1936 for what was then called the Texas College of Mines and Metallurgy. The two dorms are Benedict and Worrell Halls, both of which are still standing. The school’s newspaper, The Prospector, reported in… read more
Among the Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects identified as completed in an El Paso Times article from June 7, 1936 was “Completion of addition to Chemistry Building at College of Mines”—now known as Quinn Hall at the University of Texas… read more
Multiple New Deal agencies financed or conducted development or improvement work at what was then known as the State School of Mines and Metallurgy at El Paso (or “School of Mines”), now the University of Texas at El Paso. The… read more