- City:
- South Charleston, WV
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, City and Town Halls
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Started:
- 1938
- Completed:
- 1939
- Designer:
- Francis George Davidson
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
South Charleston’s historic City Hall was constructed between Nov. 1938 and Jul. 1939 with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a grant of $18,818 for the project, whose total cost was $46,923. The building, which is still in service, is located at the western corner of the intersection of 4th Ave. and D St. The architect of record was Francis George Davidson.
PWA Docket No. WV X1192.
Source notes
National Archives: 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 79.
"South Charleston to Dedicate Two New Structures Thursday," Charleston Daily Mail, August 20, 1939, p. 4.
West Virginia Historic Property Inventory Form KA-3712. (https://services.wvgis.wvu.edu/
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish & Ernest Everett Blevins on June 2, 2015.
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