- City:
- Bronx, New York City, NY
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Originally a high school, Junior High School 113 (“Richard R. Green”, formerly Olinville Junior High) was constructed during the 1930s with Public Works Administration funds. The project was PWA Docket No. NY 1180.
Source notes
National Archives Record Group 135-SAR:
Prints: Photographs rejected for use in the Photographic Report to the President: “Survey of the Architecture of Completed Projects of the PWA, 1939”
Box 14: New York State, Folder 1: Schools
The Naming of Richard R. Green Junior High School, thomas.loc.gov
Additional project information contributed by Frank da Cruz.
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on July 28, 2014.
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Lisa Jones
Thank you for the wonderful pictures of my old junior high school, formerly Olinville. I graduated in 1977. I have fond memories of the students and educators. Thank you for sharing.