- City:
- Walnut Creek, CA
- Site Type:
- Schools, Education and Health
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1938
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
The Walnut Creek Grammar School operated from 1871 to 1956 to serve a sparse rural population of 1,014 (1930 Census). After being torn down and the hill razed, a plaque marking the former location at Plaza Esquela downtown can be located at the Cheesecake Factory.
WPA Project No. 465-03-2-646, App. Date May 26, 1938, $19,329, Total Funds $34,480, Average Employed 43, Federal Man-Hours 20,484, Sponsor: Walnut Creek School District, “Construct classroom addition to the Grammar School building, including heating and electrical facilities, in the town of Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County, and perform work appurtenant and incidental thereto. Project also includes remodeling present building. Walnut Creek School District owned property. In addition to projects specifically approved.”
Source notes
WPA Job Cards, Fresno Public Library, San Joaquin Valley Heritage & Genealogy Center.
Walnut Creek Grammar School: (https://walkwc.oncell.com/en/119-walnut-creek-grammar-school-108434.html), accessed November 4, 2018.
Site originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on November 4, 2018.
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