- City:
- East Farmingdale, NY
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Colleges and Universities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1935
- Completed:
- 1936
Description
The Suffolk County News reported that the WPA conducted many improvement projects on Long Island between 1935 and 1936, among which were “repairs and painting (exterior and interior) of … the State Institute of Applied Agriculture at Farmingdale” (the former name of Farmingdale State College).
Source notes
"$1,220,669 Federal WPA Funds Have Been Spent Here"; Suffolk County News [Sayville, NY], Sept. 4, 1936, page 12.Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 20, 2014.
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