Gymnasium/Auditorium
Project type: Schools, Education and Health
Started: 1938
Completed: 1940
Quality of Information: Moderate
Site Survival: Extant
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Description
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the Decatur High School and Gymnasium/Auditorium between 1938 and 1940.
Three WPA plaques were found on this complex of buildings. One plaque found on entrance near the flag pole where it now says Decatur ISD Administration. One plaque found near tower entrance on the north side of the building. One plaque on the separate gymnasium/auditorium.
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Former High School
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Tower Plaque
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Main entrance plaque
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Gymnasium/Auditorium plaque
Source notes
WPA plaques and newspaper article (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35127575/decatur_high_school/), accessed August 2019.
Project originally submitted by Eveline Evans on August 29, 2019.
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