- City:
- Provo, UT
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Libraries
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Completed:
- 1939
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
In the late 1930s, the historic Carnegie Library in Provo, Utah was greatly expanded with a grant and labor provided by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
The Provo Library website tells us that, “On December 1, 1908 the Library moved into a new building provided by a grant of $17,500 from Andrew Carnegie. By 1924 it was noted that ‘the institution is greatly in need of more room.’ With $59,000 from the WPA the remodeled and expanded facility opened on July 28, 1939.”
The building is now privately managed.
Source notes
https://www.provolibrary.com/academy-history
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on November 22, 2016.
Additional contributions by Richard A Walker.
Site Details
| Federal Cost |
|---|
| $59,000.00 |
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