Central Manor Elementary School – Manor Township PA

City:
Manor Township, PA

Site Type:
Education and Health, Schools

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)

Description

"This little building provides elementary school facilities for the township of Manor, which is an agricultural district lying along the Susquehanna River.

It is one story in height with a partial basement and provides four classrooms. The project included the construction of an approach drive and the landscaping of the site.

The building is nonfireproof. The exterior walls are red brick, the trim, porches, shutters, cupola, and gable sheathing are wood, and the roof is slate. The floors of all rooms are maple and those of the corridors are asphalt tile.

The project was completed in September 1936 at a construction cost of $23,879 and a project cost of $28,533."

Source notes

C.W. Short and R. Stanley-Brown. "Public Buildings: A Survey of Architecture of Projects Constructed by Federal and Other Governmental Bodies Between the Years 1933 and 1939 with the Assistance of the Public Works Administration." (1939).

Location Info


3717 Blue Rock Road
Manor Township, PA 17582

Location notes:

Coordinates: 39.999681, -76.42416

Site Details

Total Cost
$28,533.00

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