Armory (former) Improvements – Gloucester MA

City:
Gloucester, MA

Site Type:
Military and Public Safety, Armories

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

Description

Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) laborers improved/renovated what was then the Massachusetts National Guard armory in Gloucester.

W.P.A. project details:

  • “Repair and improve Armory building”
    Official Project Number: 165‐14‐2401
    Total project cost: $9,042.00
    Sponsor: Military Department, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  • “Make general repairs and improvements to Armory”
    Official Project Number: 265‐14‐5150
    Total project cost: $5,473.00
    Sponsor: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Adjutant General’s Office
  • “Improve Armory and grounds”
    Official Project Number: 465‐14‐3‐950
    Total project cost: $14,563.00
    Sponsor: Military Department, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Source notes

Works Progress Bulletin, Massachusetts: Dec. 2, 1936 (pg. 4).
https://archive.org/details/worksprogressbul3637unit

Nationwide Context, Inventory, and Heritage Assessment of Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps Resources on Department of Defense Installations, July 2009 (page C-65).

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 28, 2017.

Location Info


99 Prospect St.
Gloucester, MA 01930

Coordinates: 42.615633, -70.659869

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