- City:
- Pecos, TX
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1936
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
A school for “Mexican-American children” was constructed with Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA provided a $13,091 grant for the project, whose total cost was $29,215. Construction began in January and was completed in July 1936.
The school was later known as the Earl Bell School. It was demolished in 1979 after abandonment. A 1963 USGS map places the Earl Bell School on the south side of E 5th Street between Peach St. and Sycamore St.
PWA Docket No. [W]1177.
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 184.
Pecos Enterprise: "Calderon family gathers to honor forebearer," Jan. 21, 1997.
Pecos Enterprise, Oct. 12, 1979 (page 1). Accessed on Feb. 26, 2022: https://newspaperarchive.com/pecos-enterprise-oct-12-1979-p-1/
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on February 26, 2022.
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