• Garfield School (former) - Socorro NM
    A plaque installed on the school building notes that the structure was built by the Works Progress Administration. The school name was later changed to Edward E. Torres School. It was closed in 2015 and is now used by Head Start. Note: The author of this entry taught at Garfield School from 1968 to 1971.
  • New Mexico School of Mines - Socorro NM
    New Mexico School of Mines is now known as New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. "Like many institutions of higher learning in New Mexico, the New Mexico School of Mines, as NMIMT was known then, took advantage of the New Deal federal assistance programs (PWA and WPA) to add new buildings and remodel existing buildings on campus. One of the new buildings from that period, Fitch Hall, is a two and one-half story, masonry and stucco, California Mission Revival style building which was completed in 1937. It has been placed on the New Mexico State Register of Historic Buildings, #1461...
  • New Mexico School of Mines: "Maiden of the Desert" Sculpture - Socorro NM
    Created for the Sandia Prep School in Albuquerque. It has moved back and forth between NMTU and Sandia a couple of times, but now seems permanently situated here. This may not in fact have been a government-funded piece. Medium: sandstone New Mexico School of Mines is now known as New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.
  • New Mexico School of Mines: Assay Laboratory - Socorro NM
    The Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works funded the construction of the Assay Laboratory in Socorro NM in 1939. New Mexico School of Mines is now known as New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.
  • New Mexico School of Mines: Brown Hall - Socorro NM
    The Public Works Administration (PWA) funded the remodeling of Brown Hall at the New Mexico School of Mines in Socorro NM. "Like many institutions of higher learning in New Mexico, the New Mexico School of Mines, as NMIMT was known then, took advantage of the New Deal federal assistance programs (PWA and WPA) to add new buildings and remodel existing buildings on campus. One of the new buildings from that period, Fitch Hall, is a two and one-half story, masonry and stucco, California Mission Revival style building which was completed in 1937. It has been placed on the New Mexico State...
  • New Mexico School of Mines: Fitch Hall - Socorro NM
    Fitch Hall was built as a part of the federal governments Public Works Administration (PWA), a program which created jobs during the Great Depression. Finished in 1937, it was named for James G. Fitch, who served three terms on the board of regents--1894 to 1899, 1909 to 1912, and 1922 to 1927. Fitch was also a lecturer on mining law at the college." -NM Tech New Mexico School of Mines is now known as New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.
  • New Mexico School of Mines: Presidents' Hall - Socorro NM
    "Presidents Hall, another PWA project, was named in honor of the past presidents of the New Mexico School of Mines. It was completed in 1939. -New Mexico Tech New Mexico School of Mines is now known as New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.
  • New Mexico School of Mines: Weir Hall - Socorro NM
    "Weir Hall was another federal project, built under the Works Project Administration (WPA) in 1939. It was named for John Weir, a longtime professor of mining at the School of Mines, who worked here from the mid-1920s until his death in the late 1930's, just before the building was completed. The 1925 School of Mines yearbook, Porphyry, describes Weir as 'undoubtedly one of the best instructors in surveying and drafting that the School of Mines has ever had.'" -New Mexico Tech New Mexico School of Mines is now known as New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.
  • Sidewalks - Socorro NM
    The Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) constructed sidewalks around Socorro, New Mexico.
  • Socorro County Courthouse - Socorro NM
    "Socorro County (New Mexico) Court House, located at 200 Church Street (at the foot of Court Street) in Socorro, New Mexico. According to a plaque inside the entrance, the Court House is a Works Progress Administration building erected in 1940." (Wikipedia)