Brookhaven Town Equipment Shelter – Coram NY

City:
Coram, NY

Site Type:
Civic Facilities, Auxiliary Civic Facilities

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

Description

The WPA contributed funds for a “handsome new building … for the purpose of sheltering the valuable equipment of the highway department of Brookhaven Town. … [It] is believed that the new structure will result in a considerable saving to the taxpayers.”

The building was to be set on a three-acre tract in Coram. It is still in use at the coordinates specified.

Source notes

Suffolk County News [Sayville, NY], Nov. 15, 1935 (page 17).

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 6, 2014.

Location Info


1140 Old Town Road
Coram, NY 11727
Suffolk County

Coordinates: 40.87142, -73.00975

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