Capshaw-School-Old-Pic
Building shortly after Completion
Project type: Education and Health, Schools
Completed: 1939
Quality of Information: Moderate
Marked:
No
Site Survival: Extant
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Description
The School was founded in 1939 as part of the New Deal program for Education. Original structure was built with labor provided through the Works Progress Administration. When new school was built in 2002, old building was razed. Original front entrance is all that remains.
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Original Capshaw School building built through the WPA
Capshaw-School-1939
Original Capshaw School building built through the WPA
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Original entrance to school.
Source notes
The book Rural Life in the Upper Cumberland by Michael Birdwell and W. Calvin Dickinson confirm the fact that the school was built as part of the Works Progress Administration.
Project originally submitted by Carver Moore on April 7, 2017.
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