Description
The federal Work Projects Administration worked to improve New Rochelle’s, New York’s city hall during the 1930s.
One project, which involved numerous municipal buildings in New Rochelle, was described by the WPA in its project rolls: “Work includes performing carpentry, masonry, and sheet metal work; excavating and constructing walls; painting, placing tile, and roofing.”
WPA Official Project No. 665-21-2-635.
Source notes
National Archives; Record Group 69: Records of the Work Projects Administration; Records of the Project Control Division; microfilm publication T936; roll 9.
Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on August 16, 2014.
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