- City:
- Canadian, TX
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Started:
- 1938
- Completed:
- 1939
- Designer:
- Voelcker and Dixon
- Marked:
- Yes
Description
Canadian Middle School was built in 1939 with funds from the Public Works Administration (PWA).The P.W.A. provided a $79,546 grant for the project, whose total cost was $153,323. It was designed by Voelcker and Dixon in a Spanish Gothic style and first served as the junior and senior high school from 1940 – 1976.
PWA Docket No. TX [W]1153.
Source notes
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth220849/m1/2/zoom/
https://www.newschannel10.com/story/12830053/canadian-tx
National Archives: Record Group 135: Public Works Administration; Projects Control Division; Entry 52: Indices to Non-Federal Projects; Report No. 5: Status of All Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects, page 183.
Site originally submitted by Larry Moore on January 8, 2015.
Additional contributions by Evan Kalish.
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