Boutwell Auditorium Completion – Birmingham AL

City:
Birmingham, AL

Site Type:
Civic Facilities, Auditoriums and Arenas

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Description

The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) worked to complete Birmingham’s historic Municipal Auditorium, now known as Boutwell Memorial Auditorium.

Source notes

"Digging Out of the Great Depression"; Birmingham Historical Society Newsletter, Nov. 2009 (page 4).

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on May 25, 2015.

Location Info

1930 Reverend Abraham Woods Jr Blvd.
Birmingham, AL 35203

Coordinates: 33.521885, -86.811363

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