Armory Improvements – Branford CT

City:
Branford, CT

Site Type:
Military and Public Safety, Armories

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

Description

W.P.A. improvements to the historic Armory building in Branford, CT, included: “Patch, plaster, paint, and varnish Armory building”.

Official Project Number: 165‐15‐2081
Total project cost: $2,182.00
Sponsor: State of Connecticut Quartermaster General’s Department

“Painting and repairing of Armory”
Official Project Number: 65‐15‐1945

Source notes

Nationwide Context, Inventory, and Heritage Assessment of Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps Resources on Department of Defense Installations, July 2009 (page C-25).

Connecticut Military Department (accessed Dec. 22, 2017)
https://www.ct.gov/mil/cwp/view.asp?a=1351&Q=588308&PM=1

Historic Buildings of Connecticut (accessed Dec. 22, 2017)
https://historicbuildingsct.com/?cat=253

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on December 22, 2017.

Location Info


87 Montowese St.
Branford, CT 06405

Coordinates: 41.278325, -72.805732

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