- City:
- Kermit, TX
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Gymnasiums
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding
- Started:
- 1938
- Completed:
- 1939
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
A field house construction project in Kermit, Texas was undertaken in 1938-9 with Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) funds. The P.W.A. provided a $57,043 grant for the project, whose total cost was $127,845. According to 1946 maps of the community the school was located on the west side of S. Oak St. between W. Campbell St. and W. Bryan St.
P.W.A. Docket No. TX [X]2171
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 188.
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth790191/
Sanborn Fire Map (1946): https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4034km.g4034km_g085991946/?sp=2 (Accessed Apr. 9, 2022)
El Paso Herald-Post, Nov. 6, 1939 (p. 53): https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/797736899/ (accessed Apr. 9, 2022)
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on February 15, 2018.
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