- City:
- Prospect, CT
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Started:
- 1935
- Completed:
- 1936
Description
Prospect Community Elementary School in Prospect, Connecticut was constructed with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds during the 1930s. The building is “a red brick Colonial Revival design” and has since been added to structurally.
The PWA gave the community a grant of $19,675; the school project cost a total of $43,951. PWA completion documents declare that construction on the building began December 1935; the building was completed the following year.
PWA Docket No. CT 1032.
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://www.livingplaces.com/CT/New_Haven_County/Prospect_Town/Prospect_Green_Historic_District.htmlSite originally submitted by Evan Kalish on August 18, 2014.
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