Avondale Elementary School
Description
The old Avondale Elementary School building facing the street at 295 Western Ave., which is now an administrative building for the Avondale Elementary School District was built by the WPA, as is the school’s current gymnasium. These are most likely two of the buildings referred to in a publication by the Three Rivers Historical Society stating that: “In 1937, with a school bond issue of $12,500 and $77,315 in W.P.A. labor, Avondale School added more classrooms.” Several sidewalks around the school also bear circular stamps saying “USA WPA.”
Source notes
WPA Plaques and Sidewalk Stamps Squire J, "City of Avondale," 2008 (Arcadia Publishing) Three Rivers Historical Society Quarterly, Vol. No 12 Issue No, 4, Oct.-Dec. 2015
Project originally submitted by Michael Hudson on December 7, 2016.
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What type of information are you looking for. My farther and grandfather both worked on the avondae and buckeye projects per army records draft record
I attended Avondale Elementary school September 1960-1963. I thought the entrance to the school was a red brick building. Are there photos to support my memory??