- City:
- Chestertown, NY
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Designer:
- Carl W. Clark
- Contractor:
- Pierce Construction Co.
Description
Chestertown, New York’s Central Grade & High School was constructed during the 1930s with the assistance federal Public Works Administration funds (Docket No. NY 3629).
The old Central School, on State Route 9, still stands, though its current use is unknown; a new central school has since been constructed on State Route 8.
Source notes
National Archives Record Group 135-SAR: Prints: Photographs rejected for use in the Photographic Report to the President: “Survey of the Architecture of Completed Projects of the PWA, 1939”; Box 14: New York State; Folder 1: Schools.Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on July 31, 2014.
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Dan Leggett
The Chestertown Central School is currently used for Town of Chester offices and as a community center. http://www.townofchesterny.org/