Albuquerque NM 16 June 2019: The
old Albuquerque High
School Gymnasium, 300 Tijeras Avenue NE, built in 1938 with PWA
funding[1,2] and WPA labor[3]. Now houses condominium loft apartments[4].
References
- High
School Gymnasium Plans Are Completed, Albuquerque Journal, 10
June
1936, p.10: "Plans and specifications for the new gymnasium building at the
High School were approved Tuesday night bye the city school board. They
will now be submitted to the PWA office at Santa Fe for approval and that
office will set the date for advertising for bids. The gymnasium building,
also housing the music department and cafeteria, will be located at Broadway
and Tijeras. It will extend an entire block along Tijeras Avenue."
- Bond
Vote on School Buildings ... PWA Grant Approved,
Albuquerque Journal, 27 September 1935, p.4:
"... A building at the High School to house boys' gymnasium, girls'
gymnasium, study room, music room, cafeteria and kitchen, with a gymnasium
balcony seating 400, and temporary floor seats for 660 additional; cost,
$218.700."
- Kathryn A. Flynn, Public Art and Architecture in New Mexico
1933-1943:
A guide to the New Deal Legacy, Sunstone Press (2012), p.32.
- Historic
Albuquerque High School Lofts, New Mexico Architectural Foundation
website, accessed 8 July 2019.