Photo from the
Albuquerque
Journal, 12 Sep 1937, p.10, caption: "One of the striking buildings
of the New Mexico School for the Deaf, at Santa Fe. In this building,
constructed with a $65,000 PWA allotment, the deaf youngsters learn trades
by which they can make their own living when school days are over." There
was no accompanying article. By comparing this photo with National Register
#88001560[1], I see it is Building Number 2, architect: Gordon F. Street;
it is described as a multi-function school building to include administration,
classrooms and resident teacher quarters, built "using WPA funds", but this
probably should be "using PWA funds" since I have found no evidence of
WPA involvement at NMSD. In every case, PWA funds were used to hire
contractors.
References
- National
Register Digital Asset, National Park Service, NPGallery Digital Asset
Management System website, National Register Information System ID:
88001560, accessed 14 July 2019: "The School Building Number 2 is
significant because it was the second building constructed under a program
to modernize the institution, it was a WPA project, and Gordon Street
was the architect. This building is one of six constructed in the late
1930's using WPA funds." In reality six buildings were constructed (and
one renovated) with PWA funds.
- National
Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet, National Park Service, 8
August 1988. This is a legible, searchable PDF of the form "thumbnail" that
appears in [1].