Central High School Building Addition – Knoxville TN

Project type: Schools, Education and Health
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Description

Central High School was built in 1931. The Works Progress Administration (WPA) added a “school room equipment.” The WPA cost was $3,085.66.

The WPA also did work on the football field and grounds improvements. The WPA cost was $4,750.76.

Source notes

The Knoxville Journal, 1 October 1935, p. 2

Project originally submitted by Ernest Everett Blevins on November 30, 2019.

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Location Info


500 Gresham Road
Knoxville, TN 37918

Location notes: Now called Gresham Middle School, located at Gresham Road and Campus Lane in the Fountain City section of Knoxville, 36.039418, -83.935873

Coordinates: 36.0394033, -83.93618649999996

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