- City:
- Boston, MA
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) labor conducted improvements at the since-demolished Cushman School in Boston, Massachusetts. The facility was located at 44 Prince St. WPA Bulletin:
To insure the safety of pupils in the Cushman School, North End, WPA has rebuilt the fire escapes, setting in new gratings, new hook bolts and hand rails. Seven ironworkers and three laborers were employed on this job.
Source notes
Works Progress Bulletin, Massachusetts: Sept. 14, 1936 (pg. 2) https://archive.org/details/worksprogressbul3637unit https://www.northendboston.com/north-end-street-stories-and-plaque-proposals-part-1/Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 14, 2017.
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