- City:
- Hyde Park, NY
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Started:
- 1938
- Completed:
- 1939
Description
Hyde Park, New York has three school buildings “which were built in the Hyde Park Central School District with a grant from the Public Works Administration (PWA) of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s administration: Haviland Middle School which was original dedicated as the Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School but was later renamed when a new high school building was constructed, Hyde Park Elementary School and Violet Avenue Elementary School. The total cost of construction of the three historic buildings was $1,300,000 with $585,000 coming from a PWA grant. Construction began in December of 1938 and was completed in December of 1939.”
Source notes
https://www.hydeparkny.us/Community/schools.htmlSite originally submitted by Evan Kalish on May 6, 2014.
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Lesie Smith
Architect: Robert R. Graham (1891-1943) of Middletown NY