Central Grade School – Traverse City MI

City:
Traverse City, MI

Site Type:
Education and Health, Schools

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

Started:
1935

Completed:
1936

Quality of Information:
Very Good

Marked:
No

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

This two story brick high school building was constructed with funding from the PWA in 1936. It was designed by architects Knecht, McCarty, and Thebaud, Inc. of Grand Rapids, and Ralph L. Bauer, Architect of Traverse City. It now houses Central Grade School.

Source notes

Traverse City Record Eagle, 2 Dec., 1935. Article posted accepting bids for architectural trades. Article states that it is a PWA project.

Site originally submitted by Julie Schopieray on October 30, 2015.

Location Info


301 Seventh St.
Traverse City, MI 49684
Grand Traverse County

Coordinates: 44.7604888, -85.6261283

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