Department of Highways: Putnam County Garage – Red House WV

City:
Red House, WV

Site Type:
Civic Facilities, Auxiliary Civic Facilities

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Completed:
1941

Quality of Information:
Good

Marked:
Yes

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

Across West Virginia, the Department of Highways sponsored district headquarters and garages constructed by the Works Progress Administration. All utilized a similar airfoil design, a variation on the Quonset hut design. Built of stone.

Source notes

Site Visit 8 September 2018.

West Virginia Historic Property Inventory Form: (https://services.wvgis.wvu.edu/SHPOdocs/PDFs/ArchitecturalSites/PU-0003-0327.pdf), accessed September 9, 2018.

Site originally submitted by Ernest Everett Blevins on September 9, 2018.

Location Info


Charleston Road (WV-62)
Red House, West Virginia Putnam County

Location notes: Along the south side of Charleston Road (WV 62 also known as Old US 35) at the Red House community in Putnam County. -81.884251, Y: 38.545701 17N: (423029E, 4266793N)

Coordinates: 38.546316, -81.88327089452969

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One comment on “Department of Highways: Putnam County Garage – Red House WV

  1. Ralph Cobb

    Cross pipe across Hospital drive Hurricane Wv. has pretty much rusted out and the edge of the road is caving in. at 1101 hospital Drive, right off us rt34 south. needs repair or replaced.

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  1. Ralph Cobb

    Cross pipe across Hospital drive Hurricane Wv. has pretty much rusted out and the edge of the road is caving in. at 1101 hospital Drive, right off us rt34 south. needs repair or replaced.

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