- City:
- New London, CT
- Site Type:
- Military and Public Safety, Armories
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
W.P.A. improvements to the former Armory building (which Living New Deal believes to be on Washington Ave., and since demolished) in New London, CT included the following projects:
- Construct armory and drill shed
Official Project Number: 165‐1‐15‐145
Total project cost: $219,898.00
Sponsor: State Department of Public Works - Repair and improve Armory building
Official Project Number: 165‐15‐2005
Total project cost: $682.00
Sponsor: Quartermaster General’s Department
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-24).
Connecticut Military Department (accessed Dec. 22, 2017)
https://www.ct.gov/mil/cwp/view.asp?a=1351&Q=588308&PM=1
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on December 22, 2017.
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