Brewton Courthouse Annex – Brewton AL

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.

Location Info


Escambia County Courthouse
Brewton, AL

Coordinates: 31.1066592, -87.07112910000001

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One comment on “Brewton Courthouse Annex – Brewton AL

  1. Thad Evans

    This building is still in use by state and county government

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    This building is still in use by state and county government

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