- City:
- Bagley, MN
- Site Type:
- Courthouses (State & Local), Civic Facilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding
- Started:
- 1937
- Completed:
- 1938
- Designer:
- Foss and Company
- Contractor:
- Hendenburg and Company
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The historic Clearwater County Courthouse was constructed in 1937-8 with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA provided a grant of $29,250 for the project, whose total cost was $90,358. Foss and Company of Fargo, N.D. designed the building, which was built by Hendenburg and Company.
The PWA Moderne-style building has since been remodeled and added to.
PWA Project Minn. [W]1196
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 133.
https://www.mncourts.gov/Find-Courts/Clearwater/CourthouseHistory.aspx (accessed May 17, 2022)
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish and Barbara Pendleton on May 17, 2022.
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