- City:
- Mountainair, NM
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Auditoriums and Arenas
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1934
- Completed:
- 1936
- Designer:
- Everett Grist
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the Mountainair Municipal Auditorium in Mountainair, NM between 1934 and 1936. Local architect-builder Everett Grist designed the structure.
Presently, the auditorium operates under the name Robert J Saul Recreation Center since 1993.
Source notes
On site information which I found driving through the town.
National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form, 1987, (https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/87000651_text), accessed December 2022.
Site originally submitted by Charles Swaney on December 17, 2022.
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