Converse Hall (JMU) - Harrisonburg VA

City:: Harrisonburg, VA
Site Type:: Colleges and Universities, Education and Health
New Deal Agencies:: Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding
Started:: 1934
Completed:: 1935
Site Survival:: Extant

Description

James Madison University’s Converse Hall, originally known as Senior Hall, was constructed with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $106,000 grant and $41,975 loan for the project, whose total cost was $147,476. Construction occurred between Mar. 1934 and June 1935.

PWA Docket No. VA 1811

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 118.

https://www.jmu.edu/centennialcelebration/major_buildings.shtml (accessed Mar. 29, 2023)

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 29, 2023.