- City:
- Brewton, AL
- Site Type:
- City and Town Halls, Civic Facilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1939
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Works Progress Administration built a new city hall building for the City of Brewton. The two-story structure with a raised basement was designed to house the City offices, the jail, the fire and police departments, and other uses. The project cost was approximately $31,000.
A 1982 the National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form describes the architectural features of the building: “Brewton City Hall (212 St. Joseph Street): 1939; two story with raised basement and wings; brick; five bay facade with central entrance; excellent example of a W P A public building in the Georgian Revival style.”
Source notes
National Archives Record Group 69-N
National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form, Brewton Historic Commercial District, 1982: (https://npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/82002013.pdf) and (https://npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Photos/82002013.pdf), accessed December 1, 2017.
Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on December 1, 2017.
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