Lea Hall (ENMU) – Portales NM

Description

ENMU’s Lea Hall was constructed as a New Deal project in 1936.  The Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) provided a $46,000 loan and $37,636 grant for the project, whose total cost was $85,034. P.W.A. Docket No. N.M. 7048

Project Details

Federal Cost Local Cost Total Cost Project #'s
37636 46000 85000  $46,000 loan (repayment unknown). P.W.A. Docket No. N.M. 7048

Source notes

Public Art and Architecture in New Mexico 1933-1943: A Guide to the New Deal Legacy, compiled by Kathryn A. Flynn (pg. 105)

National Archives: Record Group 135: Public Works Administration; Projects Control Division; Entry 52: Indices to Non-Federal Projects; Report No. 5: Status of All Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects, page 173.

Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on February 19, 2018.

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Location Info


S Avenue K
Portales, NM 88130

Location notes: West side of S Avenue K, between W 15th St. and @ W 15th Ln.

Coordinates: 34.175547, -103.347358

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