- City:
- Encino, NM
- Site Type:
- Schools, Education and Health, Gymnasiums
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1939
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
A former school building and gymnasium in Encino, New Mexico were constructed as a W.P.A. project. “The high school and gymnasium built by the WPA between 1936 and 1939 were recently torn down due to safety issues.”
Source notes
Public Art and Architecture in New Mexico 1933-1943: A Guide to the New Deal Legacy, compiled by Kathryn A. Flynn (pp. 61-2)
https://www.eastmountaindirectory.com/publishing/Historical/90-A-Glimpse-Into-a-Piece-of-New-Mexico-s-Past.html
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on February 19, 2018.
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