• Airport - Raton NM
    The Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) aided in the construction of Raton Municipal Airport. Official Project Number: 265‐1‐85‐63 Project cost: $265,565.00 Sponsor: City of Raton
  • Armory (former) - Raton NM
    The National Guard Armory in Raton, New Mexico, now the Raton Convention and Recreation Center, was built by the WPA. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Project description: "Construct Armory and improve grounds" Official Project Number: 165‐1‐85‐110 Project cost: $232,527.00 Sponsors: New Mexico National Guard and Board of Education, City of Raton
  • Arthur Johnson Memorial Library: Artwork - Raton NM
    "Located in the historic downtown area of Raton, New Mexico, Arthur Johnson Memorial Library building was originally built" as the community's post office in 1917, well prior to the advent of the New Deal. "Remodeling in the late 1990's opened the second floor for use, and included the addition of an elevator." The facility's significance from a New Deal standpoint stems from the "large collection of paintings representative of New Mexico artists of the New Deal period," which hang "throughout the library. A painting by the late Chiricahua Apache artist, Allan Houser, done prior to his moving into 3 dimensional art,...
  • Colfax County Courthouse - Raton NM
    The historic Colfax County Courthouse was constructed with the assistance of the federal Public Works Administration (P.W.A.). The P.W.A. provided a $110,455 grant for the project, whose total cost was $272,377. Construction occurred between 1936 and 1937. Santa Fe Trail: The Colfax County Courthouse is a five-story blond brick building typical of the 1936 Art Deco style architecture. Embellishments include glazed tile cornices, bas-reliefs depicting local farming, mining & cattle raising, art deco light fixtures and local cattlebrands are bronzed over exterior doors. Terrazzo floors, tile wainscoating, chipped-tile roof on top story and flat roofs on lower areas make for quite an...
  • Columbian 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.
  • El Portal Hotel Murals (destroyed) - Raton NM
    "This private old hotel has a variety of art work in lobby areas including large murals created by Manville Chapman in 1939 and 6 others done later by his student, Willie Warder, another WPA Project artist. The hotel housed the original WPA Project office for the region and was the location of WPA-supported art classes. This historic hotel is reminiscent of a period when railroad and mining workers boarded in hotel rooms routinely. Paintings and memorabilia are fascinating. The El Portal Hotel suffered a devastating fire in 2009, losing the northern part of the hotel. Until renovations on the remaining rooms are...
  • Kearny 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.
  • 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.
  • 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."
  • Post Office Mural: "First Mail Crossing Raton Pass" - Raton NM
    Two murals were commissioned by the Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP) for the former post office in Raton, New Mexico—now the library. The works: "First Mail Crossing Raton Pass," and "Unloading the Mail at Raton," were completed by Joseph Flecks in 1936. "First Mail Crossing Raton Pass" is now located in the retail lobby of the present Raton post office. It is possible the mural was cut to fit its present space.
  • Post Office Mural: "Unloading the Mail at Raton" - Raton NM
    Two murals were commissioned by the Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP) for the former post office in Raton, New Mexico—now the library. The works: "First Mail Crossing Raton Pass," and "Unloading the Mail at Raton," were completed by Joseph Flecks in 1936. "Unloading the Mail at Raton" has been separated from its companion work, and now resides toward the front of the Raton Museum, around the corner from the present post office.
  • Raton Junior-Senior High 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.
  • Raton Museum - Raton NM
    The Raton Museum houses a substantial collection of W.P.A.-sponsored artwork by way of the Federal Art Project (F.A.P.), in addition to a mural that had been created for the former post office in Raton. Photos of the F.A.P. works are not permitted.
  • Shuler Theater Murals - Raton NM
    "The Shuler lobby is the permanent home to eight WPA murals dating to 1933-34 by artist Manville Chapman. The murals show scenes depicting the history of Raton and the surrounding area from early settlements in the 1840s through the era when the Shuler was built into the 1920s. The WPA murals are in outstanding condition and are maintained by a grant from the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs. The Titles: #1 Cheyenne Village - 1845 AD #2 Wooten Toll Gate - 1868 AD #3 Willow Springs Ranch - 1870 AD #4 Clifton Station - 1875 AD #5 Maxwell's Mansion 1865 AD #6 Elizabethtown - 1883 AD #7...