Known locally as the “Old Forest Service Building,” the UNM-Taos administrative offices at 115 Civic Plaza Drive were built in the WPA era and served as the US Forest Service, Carson National Forest Supervisor’s office until the current Forest Service building was erected on Cruz Alta Street in the early seventies. Now owned by the Town of Taos and leased to UNM-Taos, the solid adobe structure houses the Executive Director and Operations Manager offices as well as the Graphics, Design and Web Manager, the Public Relations Coordinator, Development Director and Grants Manager.
Toward the rear of the complex, former garages have been converted to house the UNM-Taos Library, The Literacy Center serving GED, Adult Education and English as a Second Language students, the Water Institute, the Southwest Research Center, a student lounge, several computer labs and a video production studio.
