Claunch School – Claunch NM

City:
Claunch, NM

Site Type:
Education and Health, Schools

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

Site Survival:
No Longer Extant

Description

A WPA public school (abandoned) with two different dates engraved on different buildings, suggesting that it may have been built first as an elementary school and then later as a high school (see pictures). The buildings are now abandoned.

Source notes

Project submitted by Don Barrett.

Location Info


New Mexico 55 & County Road 208
Claunch, NM 87011

Location notes:

Coordinates: 34.144026, -105.99462

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One comment on “Claunch School – Claunch NM

  1. Bo buckland

    My grandfather went to school here in the 30’s. They were bean farmers. I always heard stories about those days. He wanted to come back years later but never made before passing. Thanks for the pictures and bringing back fond memories

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  1. Bo buckland

    My grandfather went to school here in the 30’s. They were bean farmers. I always heard stories about those days. He wanted to come back years later but never made before passing. Thanks for the pictures and bringing back fond memories

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