- City:
- Lynn, 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 conducted improvement and renovation work at what was then the Massachusetts National Guard armory in Lynn.
W.P.A. project details:
- “Build offices, paint, and make general repairs”
Official Project Number: 165‐14‐2001
Total project cost: $10,059.00
Sponsor: Adjutant General, Commonwealth of Massachusetts - “Build offices, paint, and make general repairs”
Official Project Number: 465‐14‐2‐115
Total project cost: $10,851.00
Sponsor: Adjutant General, Commonwealth of Massachusetts - “Construct ramp”
Official Project Number: 465‐14‐2‐449
Total project cost: $1,909.00
Sponsor: Military Department, Commonwealth of Massachusetts - “Install machine shop equipment”
Official Project Number: 65‐14‐9651
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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