• McKinley County Courthouse (former) - Gallup NM
    A new courthouse was built for McKinley County in Gallup NM in 1938.  It was undoubtedly funded by the Public Works Administration (PWA), but this needs to be verified. "The historic McKinley County Courthouse at 201 West Hill Avenue was designed and built in 1938 by the architectural firm of Trost and Trost of El Paso, Texas, in the 'picturesque' Spanish Pueblo Revival Style with typical stepped-back Pueblo massing. The bell tower has battered walls and vigas. Upper stories contain wooden caged projecting bays and stylized vigas, with vertical indentations allowing for windows. Posts, wood beams and corbels define the main...
  • McKinley County Courthouse (former): Moylan Murals - Gallup NM
    "The McKinley County Courthouse, itself a New Deal arts project, houses 19 pieces of New Deal art, and murals, tile work, lamps, and furniture by New Deal artists and crafts workers grace the courthouses interior." (www.co.mckinley.nm.us) "Inside the lobby, Indian motifs are featured in the tile wainscoting, lettered signs, pendant lighting fixtures, and Pueblo-style paintings on the plaster walls, all set off by hand-made wooden furniture and oil paintings by New Mexican artists. The second-floor court room has ten-foot murals depicting the history of McKinley County which were completed by Lloyd Moylan in 1940 and restored in 1991." (www.co.mckinley.nm.us/courthouse_project.htm) The murals depict the...
  • McKinley County Courthouse (former): Wilton Mural - Gallup NM
    "The McKinley County Courthouse, itself a New Deal arts project, houses 19 pieces of New Deal art, and murals, tile work, lamps, and furniture by New Deal artists and crafts workers grace the courthouses interior." (www.co.mckinley.nm.us) "Inside the lobby, Indian motifs are featured in the tile wainscoting, lettered signs, pendant lighting fixtures, and Pueblo-style paintings on the plaster walls, all set off by hand-made wooden furniture and oil paintings by New Mexican artists."(www.co.mckinley.nm.us/courthouse_project.htm) One of the WPA Federal Art Projects murals in the building is this 1942 mural "The Zuni Potters" by Anna Keener Wilton.
  • National Guard Armory (former) - Gallup NM
    The L.B. Mitchell Recreation Center, formerly the National Guard Armory, in Gallup, New Mexico was constructed by the WPA.
  • Post Office (former) - Gallup NM
    "This building was formerly the Gallup Post Office. It was constructed as part of the WPA project and still has the original carved beamed ceilings that are quite unique. This whole building is unique in that it exhibits a mix of several architectural styles, including Mediterranean, Decorative Brick Commercial and Spanish Pueblo Revival. This eclectic approach works very well, however, as the blond brick building is listed in the National Register as being significant architecturally as well as for its association with the civic history of Gallup. Warren Rollins created three large paintings of Indian scenes which hung in this building. Those...
  • WPA Art Collection - Gallup NM
    This collection of WPA art is now housed in the Octavia Fellin Public Library in Gallup, New Mexico The collection consists of 29 listed items including furniture, oil paintings, watercolors, pastels, etchings and sculpture. All items were obtained from the Gallup Arts Center (a WPA Arts Center) when it was demolished to make room for the City Hall in Gallup New Mexico. Documents at the library detail each work as well as the history of the collection.