Baker University: Heating Plant – Baldwin City KS

City:
Baldwin City, KS

Site Type:
Colleges and Universities, Education and Health

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Civil Works Administration (CWA)

Site Survival:
Unknown

Description

The New Deal’s Civil Works Administration (CWA) employed 30 men at the end of 1933 constructing a heating plant for Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas. The exact location and status of the facility is currently unknown to Living New Deal.

Source notes

"$200,000 for Kansas Works," The Morning Chronicle, Manhattan, Kansas, November 25, 1933 (pg. 1): https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/422473912/

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on May 24, 2022.

Location Info

Baker University
Baldwin City, KS 66006

Location notes: General location marker for college

Coordinates: 38.778, -95.187

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