High School – Ferndale PA

City:
Ferndale, PA

Site Type:
Schools, Education and Health

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding

Started:
1937

Completed:
1939

Designer:
Horace A. Bailey

Contractor:
Gamble and Gibson

Marked:
Yes

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

Part of the facility now known as Ferndale Area High School was constructed as a New Deal project. The Public Works Administration (PWA) provided a $112,584 grant for the project, whose total cost was $243,286.

The building bears a plaque detailing its provenance.

PWA Docket No. PA [W]1645.

Source notes

National Archives: 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 35.

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 23, 2018.

Location Info


600 Harlan Ave.
Ferndale, PA 15905

Coordinates: 40.287171, -78.916152

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