- 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.
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