Central School – Romulus NY

City:
Romulus, NY

Site Type:
Education and Health, Schools

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

Started:
1938

Completed:
1939

Description

Romulus Central School was constructed as a New Deal project during the Great Depression. Funding was financed in part by the federal Public Works Administration, which contributed a $129,681 grant toward the project’s $289,095 final cost. Construction occurred between 1938 and 1939.

The facility has since been greatly enlarged.

PWA Docket No. NY [W]1500

Source notes

Record Group 135: Public Works Administration; Projects Control Division; Entry 52: Indices to Non-Federal Projects; Report No. 5: Status of All Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects, page 27.

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on December 9, 2017.

Location Info


5705 New York Route 96
Romulus, NY 14541

Coordinates: 42.748707, -76.832569

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