Biggs City Hall – Biggs CA

Description

The Municipal Building in Biggs CA was constructed under the New Deal with funds and labor from the Works Progress Administration (WPA), which was very active in Butte County.  The federal government provided about one-third of the cost and local governments paid the rest.

Project Details

Federal Cost Local Cost Total Cost Project #'s
121528 190699 312227

Source notes

WPA record card in National Archives (see photo)

Ken Smith, "Butte County gets a New Deal," Chico News & Review, May 31, 2012. https://www.newsreview.com/chico/content?oid=6160692

Project originally submitted by Lindsey Dillon on February 20, 2009.
Additional contributions by Gray Brechin, Richard A Walker.

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Location Info


465 C St.
Biggs, CA

Location notes:

Coordinates: 39.414107, -121.710771

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