East Hall
Description
The facility now known as East Hall was originally constructed as the “Isolation Building” for Florida Industrial School for Girls, a reformatory. It was constructed in 1936 as a New Deal-aided project. The Public Works Administration (PWA) supplied a $27,727 grant for the project, whose total cost was $65,660. (It is possible that the grant enabled other construction on the grounds as well.)
Wikipedia: “East Hall is an historic one-story red brick building located at 307 Southeast 26th Terrace in Ocala, Florida, United States. Designed by architect Frank Parzaile, it was built in 1936 by the Public Works Administration. On July 28, 1995, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.” East Hall presently houses the Marion County Historical Museum, which “features antiques and artifacts of local history.”
PWA Docket No. FL 1159-R
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Isolation Ward under construction
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Isolation Ward under construction
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Construction nearing completion
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Construction nearing completion
Source notes
National Archives: 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 91.
State Archives of Florida, Series 450: PWA Work Project Files, Box 1.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Hall_%28Ocala,_Florida%29
Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 3, 2018.
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I was in the Ocala school for girls in 1958 – 1959. Would like to know if you ever hear gr and residents.