- City:
- Montpelier, VT
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, City and Town Halls
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
Description
Among the many municipal projects conducted in Montpelier in 1935 by the Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) was the following, per 1936 city report: “A much needed improvement was made to the seats in the City Hall as a W.P.A. project. One thousand (1000) new seats and seven hundred (700) new backs and W.P.A. help installed and varnished them. City Hall tower and cornice was painted.”
Additional painting and renovation work was undertaken by the WPA the following year.
Source notes
Annual Report of the City of Montpelier, 1936 (pg. 71).
Annual Report of the City of Montpelier, 1937 (pg. 64).
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on May 7, 2017.
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