Five Points School – Albuquerque NM

City:
Albuquerque, NM

Site Type:
Education and Health, Schools

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

Description

“A number of other APS buildings were built, remodeled, or had additions built as the result of this source of this [WPA] source of funding. Likewise adjacent school playgrounds, ball fields, etc. were also created. The schools include Armijo, Coronado, Duranes, Five Points School, La Mesa, Lincoln, Los Candelarias, Pajarito, San Jose, Santa Barbara, and Stronghurst. For specific information on each of these refer to the Albuquerque Museum Monograph written by Charles Biebel.”

-Treasures on New Mexico Trails

Source notes

Flynn, Kathryn A., editor. Treasures on New Mexico Trails: discovery of New Deal art and architecture. New Mexico State Historic Preservation Division, 1995. Pg. 34. "New Deal Sites in New Mexico," Atlas of Historic New Mexico Maps, New Mexico Humanities Council. <https://atlas.nmhum.org/atlas.php?gmap=42>

Location Info


132 Hartline Road Southwest
Albuquerque, NM

Coordinates: 35.069160, -106.66844

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3 comments on “Five Points School – Albuquerque NM

  1. Yvonne McDonald

    I am looking for information on the Five Points Elementary School, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Does it still exist? If not, where would memorabalia be housed?
    Thank you!

  2. Stephen Eiland

    It became School on Wheels.

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3 comments on “Five Points School – Albuquerque NM

  1. Yvonne McDonald

    I am looking for information on the Five Points Elementary School, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Does it still exist? If not, where would memorabalia be housed?
    Thank you!

  2. Stephen Eiland

    It became School on Wheels.

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