California
Located at Kern County - CA (12 Projects)

Arvin Miscellaneous Projects – CA

Project type: Civic Facilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)
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Description

The WPA built an adobe civic center and the Kern County Free Library, as well as Community, Health and Welfare buildings in Arvin. They also built a grammar school.

Source notes

Arvin Tiller, 12/6/40 in Scrapbooks of clippings related to WPA projects in Fresno, Kern, King, Madera, and Tulare Counties, gift of Mrs. David T. Holmes, Vacaville, 1962. (Scrapbook can be found in the California State Library in Sacramento).

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Location Info

CA

Location notes:
Location is general marker for miscellaneous projects in Kern County. Any information on more specific addresses for the projects below would be greatly appreciated.

Coordinates: 35.373292, -119.018713

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