Bueyeros School

Bueyeros School
Location NM 102, 0.25 mi. W of Bueyeros Church, Bueyeros, New Mexico
Coordinates 35°58′49″N 103°41′12″W / 35.98028°N 103.68667°W / 35.98028; -103.68667Coordinates: 35°58′49″N 103°41′12″W / 35.98028°N 103.68667°W / 35.98028; -103.68667
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1936 (1936)
Built by WPA
Architectural style Pueblo Revival
MPS New Deal in New Mexico MPS
NRHP Reference # 96000265[1]
Added to NRHP March 15, 1996

The Bueyeros School is a historic school building located on New Mexico State Road 102 in Bueyeros, New Mexico. The school was built in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration as part of its efforts to combat rural unemployment in New Mexico. The Bueyeros area was part of New Mexico's section of the Dust Bowl, making the school project especially important to the area. The school was one of many rural schools built by the WPA in New Mexico; as may rural school districts lacked adequate facilities, school projects were a large and necessary part of the WPA's work in the state. The school has a plain Pueblo Revival design with a stucco exterior and stone drainage spouts on the east side.[2]

The school was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 15, 1996.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Kammer, David (September 30, 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Bueyeros School". National Park Service. Retrieved March 20, 2016.


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