Alamogordo Woman's Club | |
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| Location | SE corner of 12th St. and Indiana Ave., Alamogordo, New Mexico |
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| Coordinates | 32°54′06″N 105°57′22″W / 32.90166°N 105.95620°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1936-37 |
| Built by | Works Progress Administration |
| Architectural style | Pueblo Revival |
| MPS | New Mexico Federation of Women's Club Buildings in New Mexico MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 03000734[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 4, 2003 |
The Alamogordo Woman's Club is a women's club based in New Mexico. It operates under the auspices of the New Mexico Federation of Women's Clubs (NMFWC)[2] (now known as GFWC New Mexico).[3] The club was created to provide Alamogordo women a way to serve their community. Of note was the Alamogordo Woman's Club's providing books to school libraries.[2]
The building
The Alamogordo Woman's Club was built in 1937 in the Pueblo Revival style[4] by the Works Progress Administration (WPA)[5]
It is a one-story 80 by 52 feet (24 m × 16 m) building built by Works Progress Administration workers. It was "most likely designed by the project foreman, as were other WPA-funded women's clubs in New Mexico."[6]
Its main hall includes three Federal Arts Project paintings by J.R. Willis, a New Mexico artist.[6] Joseph Roy Willis (1876-1960) was based in Albuquerque.[7]
It was one of several structures in the Tularosa Basin to be built by the WPA. Others WPA buildings are the Alamogordo Post Office (now Otero County Administration Building), and parts of the New Mexico School for the Blind campus.[8]
The Alamogordo Woman's Club building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1][4]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b David Kammer (May 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: New Mexico Federation of Women's Club Buildings in New Mexico". National Park Service. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ^ "About Us". GFWC New Mexico. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ^ a b "Alamogordo Woman's Club". Landmark Hunter. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ^ "Alamogordo Women's Club Building - Alamogordo NM". Living New Deal. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ^ a b David Kammer (May 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Alamogordo Woman's Club". National Park Service. Retrieved October 4, 2018. With accompanying three photos from 2002
- ^ "Joseph Willis Southwest Painter". Adobe Gallery, Santa Fe. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ^ Devine, Jacqueline. "County discusses preservation of their building". Alamogordo Daily News. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
External links
Media related to Alamogordo Woman's Club at Wikimedia Commons
This page was last edited on 12 December 2021, at 19:30