- City:
- Rockland, MA
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Military and Public Safety, Firehouses
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Started:
- 1938
- Completed:
- 1939
Description
Rockland, Massachusetts received a new fire station with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. Construction on the building began in 1938 and was completed 1939. The building, which has since been extended, is still in use today. The PWA contributed $27,000 of the $60,857 total final cost of the project.
PWA Docket No. MA [X]1440.
Source notes
https://www.rocklandfirefighters.org/?zone=/unionactive/view_page.cfm&page=History
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 13.
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on October 12, 2014.
Additional contributions by Ken Liss - Brookline Historical Society.
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