Boylan Hall
Project type: Colleges and Universities, Education and Health
Started: 1935
Completed: 1937
Quality of Information: Very Good
Site Survival: Extant
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Description
Boylan Hall is one of the original buildings on the Brooklyn College campus, serving originally as the Administrative and Academic Building. It was constructed as part of a massive federal Public Works Administration (PWA) project undertaken during the Great Depression.
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The Academic and Administrative Building, Brooklyn College
The administrative and academic building, Brooklyn College
The Academic and Administrative Building, Brooklyn College
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THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND ACADEMIC BUILDING, BROOKLYN COLLEGE verso
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Boylan Hall cornerstone
Source notes
C.W. Short and R. Stanley-Brown. "Public Buildings: A Survey of Architecture of Projects Constructed by Federal and Other Governmental Bodies Between the Years 1933 and 1939 with the Assistance of the Public Works Administration." (1939).
Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on November 11, 2014.
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