- City:
- Guilford, CT
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1936
Description
Elisabeth C. Adams Middle School in Guilford, Connecticut was originally constructed as the community’s high school. Its construction was enabled by the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds during the 1930s.
The original structure has since been significantly added to.
The PWA gave the community a grant of $89,189 toward the school’s construction; the school project cost a total of $198,913. PWA completion documents declare that construction on the building began Jan. 1936; the building was completed by the end of the year.
PWA Docket No. CT 1118.
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 2. https://guilfordct375.org/education/Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on August 18, 2014.
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