- State:
- WASHINGTON-DC
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Federal Works Agency (FWA)
- Started:
- 1943
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
In 1943, the Washington Post reported the planned construction of the former Birney Elementary School by the Federal Works Agency (FWA) with appropriations under the Lanham Act.
The building is now the Excel Academy Public Charter School.
Source notes
“A struggle for home front morale,” Washington Post, July 18, 1943, p. B5
Site originally submitted by Brent McKee - wpatoday.org on April 3, 2015.
Additional contributions by Richard A Walker.
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