- City:
- Ann Arbor, MI
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Colleges and Universities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Completed:
- 1939
- Designer:
- Morrison and Gabler
- Contractor:
- Bryant and Detwiler Company
Description
The University of Michigan’s East Quadrangle was constructed during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds.
“Professor Lewis M. Gram, Director of Physical Plant Extension, submitted a communication to the Regents on August 22, 1938, proposing the construction of the Health Service, a women’s dormitory (Stockwell Hall), and an addition of two floors to the University Hospital. The Regents acted favorably on this proposal and added a fourth project for a men’s dormitory to accommodate 410 men and to make an addition to the University Power Plant. Application to Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works was authorized, and the grant amounting to $630,000 for the men’s dormitory and Power Plant alterations was accepted October 29, 1938. The Public Works Program provided for a federal grant amounting to 45 per cent of the cost.” (umich.edu)
(PWA Docket No. NY 1714-F)
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 62. https://bentley.umich.edu/exhibits/campus_tour/eastquad.phpSite originally submitted by Evan Kalish on November 28, 2014.
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- University Health Service Building (University of Michigan) - Ann Arbor MI
- Victor Vaughan Dormitory (University of Michigan) - Ann Arbor MI
- West Quadrangle (University of Michigan) - Ann Arbor MI
- Kellogg Institute (University of Michigan) - Ann Arbor MI
- Stockwell Hall (University of Michigan) - Ann Arbor MI
- University of Michigan - Ann Arbor MI
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