- 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.
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