- City:
- Brewton, AL
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Auxiliary Civic Facilities, Courthouses (State & Local)
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1938
- Completed:
- 1939
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Site Survival:
- Unknown
Description
The Works Progress Administration built the Brewton Courthouse Annex in Brewton, Escambia County. The new annex provided additional space for ten county offices—the Department of Public Welfare, the county Education Department, the Home Demonstration and County Agricultural Agent, the County Health and Sanitation Departments, among others. The15-room brick structure has a basement with a storage vault. The approximate cost of the project was $16,000.
Source notes
National Archives Record Group 69-N
Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on November 30, 2017.
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