New Mexico School of Mines - Socorro NM

City:: Socorro, NM
Site Type:: Education and Health, Colleges and Universities
New Deal Agencies:: Public Works Funding, Work Relief Programs, Public Works Administration (PWA), Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Quality of Information:: Good
Marked:: Yes
Site Survival:: Extant

Description

New Mexico School of Mines is now known as New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.

“Like many institutions of higher learning in New Mexico, the New Mexico School of Mines, as NMIMT was known then, took advantage of the New Deal federal assistance programs (PWA and WPA) to add new buildings and remodel existing buildings on campus. One of the new buildings from that period, Fitch Hall, is a two and one-half story, masonry and stucco, California Mission Revival style building which was completed in 1937. It has been placed on the New Mexico State Register of Historic Buildings, #1461 State Register 3-4-83.

Several New Deal projects at NM Tech have separate listings on Living New Deal. Additional [New Deal] projects on campus include:

Brown Hall remodeled by PWA in 1938
Cramer Hall remodeled by PWA in 1938
Assay Laboratory was built by PWA in 1938
Athletic field developed by WPA
Carpentry shop developed by WPA
Socorro CCC Camp buildings built by WPA were moved to campus in 1939 for temporary Bureau of Mines Offices