- City:
- Rock Island, IL
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Military and Public Safety, Armories
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1937
- Designers:
- Benjamin A. Horn, Chris Maiwald
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
The historic Rock Island Armory was constructed with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds between 1936 and 1937. The PWA supplied a $147,272 grant for the project, whose total cost was $359,626.
The structure was demolished in 2009; Schwiebert Park now occupies the former site of the building.
PWA Docket No. IL [W]1195.
Source notes
https://www.rockislandpreservation.org/postcards-from-home/armory/ National Archives: Record Group 135: Public Works Administration; Projects Control Division; Entry 52: Indices to Non-Federal Projects; Report No. 5: Status of All Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects, page 47.Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 15, 2015.
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