Fort Sumner Cemetery Wall – Fort Sumner NM

City:
Fort Sumner, NM

Site Type:
Cemeteries, Civic Facilities, Rock Walls

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed the walls and entry of the Fort Sumner Cemetery.

Source notes

https://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/nm/De+Baca/state.html

"The New Deal Legacy in New Mexico." National New Deal Preservation Association Pamphlet.

Location Info


17th St. and Dunn St.
Fort Sumner, NM 88119

Location notes: 1 mile north of intersection of 17th and U.S. 60. Entrance on 17th St.

Coordinates: 34.479069, -104.22846

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