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Agua Fria School – Santa Fe NM

Agua Fria School, Southwest corner

This shot of the southwest corner (facing SE), shows the only surviving piece of the WPA school visible from the outside. The rest is hidden under multiple additions.

Agua Fria School, Southwest corner

Photo: John W. Murphey © Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2015

Agua Fria School, Southwest corner

Agua Fria School, Southwest corner

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Description

The Atlas of Historic New Mexico Maps, produced with assistance from the New Mexico Humanities Council and the New Mexico Chapter of the National New Deal Preservation Association, lists a number of New Deal schools in Santa Fe, including Agua Fria.

Constructed in 1935-36, the original adobe five-room school has been added to over the years, changing considerably the historic footprint of the building. Today, only the southwest corner reveals its earlier design. The campus is currently closed (2015) and undergoing a $15 million project to construct a new school.

Source notes

"New Deal Sites in New Mexico," Atlas of Historic New Mexico Maps, New Mexico Humanities Council.

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Location Info

3160 Agua Fria St
Santa Fe, NM 87507

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Coordinates: 35.660174, -106.004808

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