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  • Lew Wallace Elementary School - Albuquerque NM
    "Built in 1934, it's the first of many New Mexico projects of the Public Works Administration, a federal New Deal program to counteract the Great Depression of 1929-1942. Lew Wallace, a US Army general during the mid-19th century, governed the New Mexico Territory from 1878 to 1881. He's better known for writing the Biblical-era historical novel, Ben Hur."   (https://www.itsatrip.org/) "A number of other APS buildings were built, remodeled, or had additions built as the result of this source of this source of funding. Likewise adjacent school playgrounds, ball fields, etc. were also created. The schools include Armijo, Coronado, Duranes, Five...
  • Library - Hobbs NM
    The Hobbs Public Library in Hobbs, New Mexico was originally constructed as a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project. The building has been renovated and expanded multiple times since.
  • Lincoln County Courthouse (former) - Lincoln NM
    "The old Lincoln County Court House where Billy the Kid made his famous escape was restored with help from WPA funds." -Phyllis Banks
  • Lincoln County Courthouse Annex - Carrizozo NM
    "The Lincoln County Court House in Carrizozo was a product of this time but it is now an annex to the main court house. The Women's Club proudly displays 1939 on its wall, another Pueblo Revival style of architecture. The curbs and sidewalks were made of rock, as was the sculpture of a spider occupying a prominent place in the park, all built with WPA funds." -Phyllis Banks
  • Lincoln County School Library (former) - Carrizozo NM
    The old Lincoln County School Library, located on Central Avenue in Carrizozo, New Mexico, was constructed as a federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) project during the Great Depression. The building was dedicated in 1937.
  • Lincoln National Forest Service Building - Alamogordo NM
    "This building, which was built in 1938 as a post office in the New Deal project, PWA (Public Works Administration), is the home of a beautiful Peter Hurd mural which is on the front exterior of the building. In Alamogordo, under the Art-in-Architecture program titled, 'Sun and Rain,' Peter Hurd painted one of New Mexico's most beautiful frescos in 1942, around the entrance to the building. The central part of the fresco is flanked by two smaller frescos, 'Sorghum' and Yucca.'" The structure is now a county building in Alamogordo. -Treasures on New Mexico Trails
  • Lincoln National Forest Service Building Murals - Alamogordo NM
    In the portico of the Forest Service building are three frescos painted by Peter Hurd in 1940, with funding from the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. "Yucca" and "Sorghum" measure 4' by 3', and are installed on either side of the larger "Sun and Rain." From Kathryn Flynn's Treasure On New Mexico Trails: In Alamogordo, under the Art-in-Architecture program titled, 'Sun and Rain,' Peter Hurd painted one of New Mexico's most beautiful frescos in 1942, around the entrance to the building. The central part of the fresco is flanked by two smaller frescos, 'Sorghum' and 'Yucca.' The Alamogordo News in 1941 described...
  • Little Red School House (former) Improvements - Red River NM
    The 1914 historic school building in Red River, New Mexico—now a museum—was the recipient of a distinctive New Deal project: "in 1939, amazingly, WPA funds paid workers to raise the building made with pressed metal siding that gives it a rusticated stone pattern in order to construct concrete living quarters for the teacher as well as a furnace and storage area."
  • Longfellow School - Raton NM
    The Atlas of Historic New Mexico Maps, produced with assistance from the New Mexico Humanities Council and the New Mexico Chapter of the National New Deal Preservation Association, lists a number of New Deal schools in Raton Kearny Elementary, Longfellow Elementary, Columbian School, and Raton Junior-Senior High School are all listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
  • Lordsburg-Hidalgo Public Library - Lordsburg NM
    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed the historic and photogenic public library building in Lordsburg, New Mexico. NRHP: "The Lordsburg-Hidalgo County Library is a single-story adobe building constructed in 1936-1937 as part of a Works Progress Administration (WPA) cost-sharing program with the Town of Lordsburg and Hidalgo County. The library is situated west of the corner of Third Street and Second Avenue within the town limits of Lordsburg, New Mexico. The library is approximately rectangular in plan, measuring at a maximum 61.0 by 54.3 feet or 3,057 square feet. There have been a minimal number of alterations to the building. With...
  • Lovington Fire Station - Lovington NM
    According to the city's downtown master plan of 2009, the Lovington firehouse was "built by the Works Progress Administration" in 1941. The facility, on South Love Street, is still in service.
  • Magdalena Gym (former) - Magdalena NM
    "This WPA building was erected in 1936 on the original site of the rock school building. The rock building was so sturdy that the workers were unable to tear down all the walls. It is said part of the original school building makes up the walls of the WPA gymnasium. This building had the only stage in town and was used for plays as well as many a graduating class ceremonies." -Magdalena Historic Walking Tour Today, the gym is preserved and used by the local London Frontier Theatre Company.
  • Main Street Sidewalk - Clayton NM
    The Work Projects Administration (W.P.A.) constructed sidewalks in Clayton, New Mexico. Evidence of such can be found at 10 Main Street, where two stamp imprints declare "WPA 1940" and "WPA 1942," respectively. ca. 2015: "The downtown sidewalks will soon be replaced in a NM Department of Transportation construction project, but the WPA stamps will be preserved and placed in the new sidewalks." As of 2017, the two stamps were isolated from the newer sidewalk with rings of bricks.
  • Mangas Lookout - Gila National Forest NM
    The historic Mangas fire lookout tower was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1934. NRHP nomination form: "Located on the Quemado Ranger District, this lookout tower was erected in 1934. It is an Aermotor MC-E4, 30 ft high steel tower with a 14 ft by 14 ft steel cab. The wood frame cabin was erected in 1934. The lookout tower and cabin show few modifications over time and retain much of their integrity of original design, construction, workmanship, materials, setting, location and association. The tower and cabin are over 50 years old and are recommended for National Register eligibility....
  • Marshall Junior High School - Clovis NM
    The stunning Marshall Junior High School in Clovis, New Mexico was constructed in 1936 as a New Deal project. The Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) provided a $55,271 grant for the project, whose total cost was $123,102. P.W.A. Docket No. N.M. 1008
  • Mayhill Administrative Site - Mayhill NM
    The Atlas of Historic New Mexico Maps, a project of the New Mexico Humanities Council, lists a number of New Deal structures in Otero County, including the Mayhill Administrative site. The National Register of Historic Places lists the CCC and the US Forest Service as contributing agencies.
  • 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.
  • McMillan Dam - Artesia NM
    "Through appropriations and an allotment of $188,000 from PWA funds the district undertook the work of rehabilitation. Carlsbad's perennial reservoir problems were alleviated in part by extensive work on McMillan and Avalon dams by the WPA." -Ira Clark
  • Memorial Hospital (former) - Clovis NM
    The historic former Memorial Hospital building in Clovis, New Mexico was constructed in 1937-9 as a New Deal project. The Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) provided a $53,761 grant for the project, whose total cost was $120,834. The facility is now managed by a spiritual organization. P.W.A. Docket No. N.M. 1009
  • Memorial Park Wall - Tucumcari NM
    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed a stone wall around this cemetery in 1939. The wall demonstrates a style typical for WPA work in this region.
  • Metropolitan Park - Tucumcari NM
    The Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.) developed Tucumcari Metropolitan Park, a.k.a. Five Mile Park, in Tucumcari, New Mexico. "At one time Tucumcari Metropolitan Park had the largest outdoor pool in the entire state of New Mexico, a playground with lots of equipment, a fully landscaped drive through park with bridges, creeks, a pistol and rifle range, a skeet and trap shooting range, and off-road course, horseback riding and was home to the then annual Founder’s Day Picnics." NRHP nomination form: "Referred to as Metropolitan Park, the park became known as Five Mile Park in the 1950s. The completed project marked a five year process...
  • Metropolitan Park Bathhouse and Pool (former) - Tucumcari NM
    The Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.) developed the remarkable (former) bathhouse and pool facility at Tucumcari Metropolitan Park, a.k.a. Five Mile Park, in Tucumcari, New Mexico. The pool was advertised as the largest in the Southwest. NRHP nomination form: The bathhouse is a one-story building with a concrete foundation, brown stucco over adobe walls, and a flat asphalt roof. The L-plan building incorporates many of the Spanish-Pueblo Revival Style's defining details including a modest irregular massing of horizontal planes, slightly battered walls, exposed beams, or vigas, drainage ducts, or canales, a long portal supported by heavy wood posts with corbels, and lintels above paired...
  • Milne Stadium - Albuquerque NM
    Milne Stadium was a New Deal project built in 1939. -Aurelio Sanchez
  • Miners' Hospital Improvements - Raton NM
    Regarding New Deal work at this site, Flynn writes: "Structures at this facility include a greenhouse, annex, and landscaping. The landscaping includes a rock wall and long trench on a hill side behind the building."
  • Miners' Hospital: Schleeter Painting - Raton NM
    "Howard Schleeter's oil and tempera of "Red Foothills," 3'1/2" x 4'1/2", is in the same building which is now a long term care facility. The date, March 1940, is written on the back as the date it was created."
  • Monjeau Lookout - Lincoln National Forest NM
    Monjeau Lookout is located in the Lincoln National Forest near Alto, New Mexico. The lookout "is a famous landmark on the Smokey Bear Ranger District built originally in 1936 and then reconstructed in 1940 as part of a Civilian Conservation Corps project.  This site is a wonderful and adventurous place to visit.  Roads leading up to the site are dirt and can be steep in places.  Visit during the summer months as the road leading to it closes during the winter with the advent of snow.  Monjeau Lookout is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)."   (nps.gov)
  • Monroe Building - Clayton NM
    "The former Clayton Library, now known as the D.D. Monroe Civic Building, was built in 1939. The building was constructed as a Works Progress Administration project. The building was designed by Willard C. Kruger in a Pueblo style. The building served as the public library until the 1980s when the library moved to a new building and the building then became a meeting facility." -Waymarking
  • Monte Vista Fire Station (former) - Albuquerque NM
    "Albuquerque is home to scores of WPA buildings and works. Among the most prolific are the following- ... John Gaw Meem designed both Scoles Hall and Zimmerman Library on the campus of the University of New Mexico (the corner of University and Central). Both have undergone redesign and restoration, but still carry many of the architects innovative design features. Also on the campus of UNM, the Anthropology building is from that era, and contains three large murals by Joseph Imhof. The Old Albuquerque Municipal Airport (2920 Yale SE) is a Pueblo revival style two-story building that stands in the shadow of the Albuquerque...
  • Morgan Hall - Deming NM
    "Built in 1908, It was originally the City Hall and fire station. It was remodeled in 1938 by the W. P. A. In Spanish Pueblo Revival Style. It has a recessed portico entry with vigas and ornate wood pillars with lintels and corbels. It has metal casement windows. The east addition has a portico with an ornate wood door. There is a large garage door to the old fire station at the rear of the building. Meeting rooms, a stage and auditorium with high ceilings are still used for meetings and stage productions and is an historic community center." -City of...
  • Mountain View Cemetery - Deming NM
    You notice driving by – all the shady trees in the desert. In 1935, the board of trustees of the Village of Deming prepared a Works Progress Administration (WPA) proposal to continue a two-year project to improve Mountain View Cemetery, the village’s main cemetery located two miles east of downtown. It followed an earlier Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) project which built a five-room adobe caretaker’s house at the cemetery. The program over the first two years had changed the cemetery, as described by the local newspaper, “from an eye-sore of sand hummocks and unkempt grounds to a beauty spot ”(Deming Headlight,...
  • Mountainair Municipal Auditorium - Mountainair NM
    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.  
  • Municipal Airport (former) - Albuquerque NM
    This place is extraordinary, a reminder of the days when air travel was a special occasion for which one dressed up. There's a fireplace in the comfortable waiting lobby, and fountains where you stroll outside to board the planes. It's built with traditional adobe methods, with an abundance of artfully crafted detail. There's also quite a bit of artwork, much of it New Deal-era, displayed in the former waiting lounge. The building currently houses Homeland Security for the Albuquerque Sunport airport, but it is open to the public (sort of.) You can walk in, and walk around the building. The...
  • Municipal Airport (former) - Roswell NM
    "Roswell was one of four New Mexico cities designated to have an art center. The current Roswell Museum and Art Center, built in 1937, was known as the Federal Art Center. The original building has been incorporated into all the remodeling and additions since then. Cahoon Park was built in 1936 and another sunken garden planted. The old Municipal Airport, now the Unity Center for Teens, is another example of WPA funds put to good use." -Phyllis Eileen Banks
  • National Guard Armory (former) - Carlsbad NM
    The Work Projects Administration (WPA) constructed the former National Guard Armory at 302 W. Fox Street in Carlsbad, New Mexico, in about 1941-2. WPA project No. 265‐1‐85‐20: "Construct Armory and improve grounds," $108,355, sponsored by the State Armory Board.
  • 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.
  • National Guard Armory and Garage - Tucumcari NM
    The Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) constructed an armory and equipment garage and for the New Mexico National Guard in Tucumcari. The location and status of the structure is unknown to Living New Deal. Official Project Number: 165‐1‐85‐163 Project cost: $111,456.00 Project sponsor: New Mexico National Guard
  • National Park Service Building - Santa Fe NM
    "No state benefited more from these government-funded programs than New Mexico whose Democratic governor, Clyde Tingley, was a political supporter and friend of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt... ...New Deal projects in Santa Fe include the National Park Service building on Old Santa Fe Trail."   (Sharpe)
  • New Deal Art Center / Collection - Melrose NM
    Melrose was home to one of four New Deal Art Centers in New Mexico, where "art classes and traveling exhibitions were held." The site of these events is no longer extant. However, some of the facilities at the school campus in Melrose, New Mexico house a substantial collection of New Deal artwork, examples of which are listed at the source below.
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