Forestry Building – Laconia NH

City:
Laconia, NH

Site Type:
Federal Facilities, Administrative Buildings

New Deal Agencies:
Federal & Military Operations, Treasury Department

Completed:
1940

Designer:
Louis A Simon - Supervising Architect

Description

“The Federal Office Building in Laconia, New Hampshire, was designed by Louis A. Simon, Supervising Architect for the Public Works Branch of the Treasury Department’s Procurement Division. Conceived and built during the Depression era as the United States Forestry Building, the cornerstone for the building was laid in 1939, and the building was dedicated soon after in July 1940. The building, authorized under the New Deal’s colossal building program, is designed in a stripped Classical Revival style and is representative of one of several styles preferred by government architects in the 1930s.”

Source notes

https://www.gsa.gov/portal/ext/html/site/hb/category/25431/actionParameter/exploreByBuilding/buildingId/769#

Location Info


719 Main St.
Laconia, NH 03246
Belknap County

Coordinates: 43.529258, -71.47095

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