Fort Banks map, 1938
Description
The Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) conducted a development / improvement program at the former Fort Banks in Winthrop, Mass.
- “Rehabilitate buildings and improve grounds”
Official Project Number: 165‐2‐14‐252
Total project cost: $138,214.00
Sponsor: Commanding Officer, Fort Banks, U.S. Army - “Improve buildings and grounds”
Official Project Number: 365‐14‐2‐20
Total project cost: $87,654.00
Sponsor: Commanding Officer, Harbor Defenses of Fort Banks, U.S. Army - “Improve buildings and grounds”
Official Project Number: 365‐14‐2‐6
Total project cost: $85,656.00
Sponsor: Commanding Officer, Harbor Defenses of Boston, Fort Banks, U.S. Army - “Improve, reconstruct, and modernize buildings and grounds”
Official Project Number: 765‐14‐2‐15
Total project cost: $143,252.00
Sponsor: Commanding Officer, Fort Banks, U.S. Army - “Improve buildings, etc. at Forts Banks, Heath and Rice Wharf”
Official Project Number: 165‐2‐14‐59 - “Improve buildings and grounds [at Fts. Banks, Warren, Strong, Andrews, Ruckman, Duvall, Standish]”
Official Project Number: 165‐2‐14‐251
Source notes
Nationwide Context, Inventory, and Heritage Assessment of Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps Resources on Department of Defense Installations, July 2009 (pages C-71, C-72, C-74).
Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on February 6, 2018.
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