- City:
- Niles, MI
- Site Type:
- Military and Public Safety, Police Stations, Firehouses
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding
- Started:
- 1938
- Completed:
- 1939
Description
A combined fire and police station in Niles, Michigan was constructed as a Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) project. The P.W.A. supplied an $40,050 grant for the project, whose total cost was $94,463. Construction occurred in 1938-9.
Sources suggest the building has since been demolished. The exact site of the building is unknown to Living New Deal.
PWA Docket No. MI [X]1524
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 62.
Image: https://www.cardcow.com/images/set621/card00840_fr.jpg
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on November 13, 2017.
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