- City:
- Decatur, TX
- Site Type:
- Schools, Education and Health
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1938
- Completed:
- 1940
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Site Survival:
- Extant
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.
Source notes
WPA plaques and newspaper article (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35127575/decatur_high_school/), accessed August 2019.
Site originally submitted by Eveline Evans on August 29, 2019.
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