- State:
- WASHINGTON-DC
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Auxiliary Civic Facilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1937
- Completed:
- 1937
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
Works Progress Administration (WPA) records in the National Archives report that in 1937 WPA workers were used to “Remodel, renovate, and paint buildings located at 460-476 C Street NW, together with other small supplementary buildings.” The work included, “installation of plumbing and electrical facilities… demolishing and removing partitions, structures, equipment, etc., salvaging usable materials…”.
The purpose of the work was to render the buildings usable as offices and storage space by various departments of the District government.
Exact location of the buildings in question was not given, but they have almost surely been demolished for subsequent federal office buildings, court houses and so forth in the downtown area of C Street.
Source notes
National Archives, Record Group 69, “Microfilmed Index to WPA Projects.”
Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on July 6, 2013.
Additional contributions by Richard A Walker.
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