Roosevelt County Courthouse
Description
Construction of the Roosevelt County Courthouse and Jail was undertaken as a New Deal project during the Great Depression. Sometimes mis-attributed to the Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.), the building was actually a Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) project. The P.W.A. supplied an $89,173 grant for the building’s construction; total cost of the project was $197,381. Construction occurred between 1937 and 1938/9.
P.W.A. Docket No. N.M. 1024-D.S.
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South elevation, facing NE
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South elevation, facing NW
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Terrazo entry
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Courthouse plaques
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Main entrance detail
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Roosevelt County Courthouse and Jail, Portales, New Mexico
Source notes
Building plaque
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.
National Register of Historic Places:
https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/08001136"New Deal Sites in New Mexico," Atlas of Historic New Mexico Maps, New Mexico Humanities Council.
http://atlas.nmhum.org/atlas.php?gmap=42
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