- City:
- Wallingford, CT
- Site Type:
- Military and Public Safety, Police Stations, Armories
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
Description
W.P.A. improvements to the historic former Armory building in Wallingford, CT, included:
- “Repair and improve state armory building”
Official Project Number: 165‐15‐2102
Total project cost: $1,828.00
Sponsor: State of Connecticut Quartermaster General’s Department - “Paint and varnish interior and exterior of building”
Official Project Number: 165‐15‐3014
Total project cost: $597.00
Sponsor: State of Connecticut Quartermaster General’s Department
The armory now houses Wallingford’s police 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-25).
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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