- City:
- Shawneetown, IL
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Courthouses (State & Local)
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Completed:
- 1939
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
According to the Illinois Office of the Governor, WPA crews built the new Shawneetown courthouse in 1938 after the flood of 1937 forced the original town to be relocated.
Source notes
National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Work Projects Administration, Information Service, Primary File, 1936-42, Box 6, Folder 212-B. "Governor Announces Funding for Gallatin County Courthouse," Illinois Office of the Governor, August 26, 2003, accessed July 28, 2015.Site originally submitted by Brent McKee - wpatoday.org on July 27, 2015.
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