- City:
- Blowing Rock, NC
- Site Type:
- Gymnasiums, Education and Health, Parks and Recreation, Schools, Playgrounds
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Description
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed the stone gymnasium structure at Blowing Rock School. It was one of many educational facilities constructed by the WPA in Watauga County. The WPA also constructed a “well-planned” playground.
The school facility has since been largely demolished and replaced, though the WPA gymnasium still remains.
Source notes
"Boondoggling Boomerangs and Blesses," The News and Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, June 04, 1939 (pg. 11): https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/651562494/
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on June 22, 2022.
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