- City:
- Basalt, CO
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Started:
- 1937
- Completed:
- 1938
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The elementary school in Basalt, Colorado was originally built as the town’s high school in 1937-38.
The school was paid for, in part, with a $20,970 federal Public Works Administration (PWA) grant, which covered nearly half of the $46,504 total project cost.
Alterations to the building were undertaken in 2000, and the original structure is now a part of a larger elementary school complex.
Source notes
National Archives: Record Group 135: Public Works Administration; Projects Control Division; Entry 52: Indices to Non-Federal Projects; Report No. 5: Status of All Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects, page 162.
https://coloradopreservation.org/crsurvey/schools/sites/hs_1930s_page2.html
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on November 19, 2014.
Additional contributions by Richard Walker.
Site Details
| Federal Cost | Total Cost | Site #s |
|---|---|---|
| $20,970 | $46,504 | PWA Docket No. CO [W]1197 |
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