- City:
- Haverstraw, NY
- Site Type:
- Schools, Education and Health
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding
- Started:
- 1935
- Completed:
- 1937
- Designer:
- Knappe & Morris
Description
The grand Haverstraw Elementary School in Haverstraw, New York was constructed with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. As part of PWA Docket No. NY 6912, “SCHOOLS,” the PWA provided a $270,000 loan and $227,143 grant for this and possibly other educational facilities in the town, whose total cost was $841,696. Construction occurred between 1935 and 1937. The building’s cornerstones identify “1935” as well as “Knappe & Morris / Architects”
Source notes
Record Group 135: Public Works Administration; Projects Control Division; Entry 52: Indices to Non-Federal Projects; Report No. 5: Status of All Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects, page 23.
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on October 15, 2018.
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