- City:
- McLeansboro, IL
- Site Type:
- Courthouses (State & Local), Civic Facilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding
- Completed:
- 1938
- Designer:
- William McCoy
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Public Works Administration (PWA) provided the funds to build the Hamilton County Courthouse in 1938. The structure was designed in Art Deco/Moderne style by architect William McCoy, who was well-known in central Illinois at the time.
Wikipedia makes the common mistake of confounding the PWA and the WPA.
Source notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_County_Courthouse_(Illinois)
Site originally submitted by Kate Harps on August 2, 2019.
Additional contributions by Dale Roberts.
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