- City:
- Butte, MT
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Started:
- 1934
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Unknown
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Public Works Administration (PWA) provided a grant of $360,000 in 1935 for the construction of Butte high school. The total cost of the high school was $930,000 and the project was completed in late 1937.
The should be a PWA plaque inside the school but we were unable to locate it. The current Assistant Principal, whose father was Principal after the World War, confirmed that the school was a New Deal project.
The design of the 3-4 story building is brick Moderne with bas-relief columns between the windows. New additions have been made and the current entrance on the south side of the school is not the original, which is down an alley on the north side.
The New Deal portion of the school is still in use today.
Source notes
Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works (PWA), "Status of Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects," Report #5, Region 4, Montana. January 3, 1940.
"$150 for Each Montanan, Uncle Sam's Part in Welfare by Loans and Grants"; Big Timber Pioneer, Jan. 25, 1934, page 6.
Conversation with Assistant Principal on October 3, 2023
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 10, 2014.
Additional contributions by Joan Greer.
Site Details
| Federal Cost | Total Cost |
|---|---|
| $360,000 | $930,000 |
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