- City:
- Maverick, TX
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Community Centers
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, National Youth Administration (NYA)
- Started:
- 1939
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Unknown
Description
The National Youth Administration (NYA) project at Maverick built a community center and garage constructed of stone. The school district furnished $1,000 worth of materials and the NYA supplied $4,000 for labor and supervision. Forty-five boys were employed in the project. Only a few buildings and ruins are left of the community and the status of the center is unknown. The Texas Almanac for Runnels County historic map locates Maverick next to the Oak Creek, and Google maps shows ruins of the old school and other buildings in addition to the few remaining houses.
Source notes
NYA projects near Coleman are rushed. (Mar 24, 1939). The San Angelo Weekly Standard, p. 22.
NYA starts big building program. (Aug 15, 1939). San Angelo Evening Standard, p. 1.
Hunt, W. R. (nd). Maverick, Tx. Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved January 22, 2022 from https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/maverick-tx
Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on January 23, 2022.
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