Pennsylvania » Wilkinsburg

Borough Building – Wilkinsburg PA

Project type: Civic Facilities, City and Town Halls, Education and Health, Libraries
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding
Completed:
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Description

The historic Wilkinsburg Borough Building—also home to the public library—was built in 1939 as a New Deal project: the Public Works Administration (PWA) provided a $130,014 grant for the project, whose total cost was $407,643.

PWA Docket No. PA [X]2209

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 38.

Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 16, 2018.

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Location Info

605 Ross Ave.
Wilkinsburg, PA 15221

Coordinates: 40.443312, -79.885873

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