- City:
- Poughkeepsie, NY
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Started:
- 1938
- Completed:
- 1939
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Public Works Administration (PWA) gave grants to the Hyde Park Central School District to build three school buildings: Hyde Park Elementary School, Haviland Middle School (originally dedicated as the Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School but later renamed when a new high school building was constructed) and Violet Avenue Elementary School. The latter is in Poughkeepsie NY, not the town of Hyde Park. The cost of the three historic buildings was $1,300,000, with $585,000 coming from the PWA. Construction began December 1938 and was finished in December 1939.
Source notes
https://www.hydeparkny.us/Community/schools.html
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on May 6, 2014.
Additional contributions by Richard A Walker.
Site Details
| Federal Cost | Local Cost | Total Cost |
|---|---|---|
| $585,000.00 | $715,000.00 | $1,300,000.00 |
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