Alvar Street Library – New Orleans LA

City:
New Orleans, LA

Site Type:
Education and Health, Libraries

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Description

Built by the WPA in 1940. The library flooded during Katrina, but has since reopened.

Source notes

National Archives, RG 69 Records of the Work Projects Administration, “Information Service (Primary) File, 1936-1942.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans_Public_Library#Branches

Site originally submitted by Brent McKee - wpatoday.org on May 21, 2013.

Location Info

913 Alvar Street
New Orleans, LA 70117

Coordinates: 29.9639979, -90.03684

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