Garfield School (former) – Socorro NM

City:
Socorro, NM

Site Type:
Schools, Education and Health

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

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

A plaque installed on the school building notes that the structure was built by the Works Progress Administration. The school name was later changed to Edward E. Torres School. It was closed in 2015 and is now used by Head Start.

Note: The author of this entry taught at Garfield School from 1968 to 1971.

Source notes

WPA plaque on the building.

Site originally submitted by Kathleen Bush Kenslow on November 22, 2017.

Location Info


239 Garfield Ave
Socorro, New Mexico 80701
Socorro County

Coordinates: 34.0563707, -106.89604659999998

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