Anticipating statehood, the New Mexico Constitutional Convention provided for an elected judiciary in 1910. From 1910 to 1937, the New Mexico Supreme Court met in crowded rooms in the state capitol building. In 1937, The New Mexico Supreme Court Building was built with funding from the Public Works Administration (PWA), President Roosevelt’s New Deal program to construct large-scale public buildings and infrastructure around the country. Like many PWA projects around the country, the design for the Supreme Court drew from regional influences. It became the first of many public buildings in New Mexico built in the Territorial Revival Style.
From Old Santa Fe Today, 5th edition by Audra Bellmore with photographs by Simone Frances.
