- City:
- Monahans, TX
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1937
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
A high school building in Monahans, Texas was constructed with Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA provided a $57,043 grant for the project, whose total cost was $127,845. Construction began in April 1936 and was completed in March 1937.
The school, which was located on the west side of what was then known as S. Guadalupe (now S. Betty Ave.), south of W. Hayes (W. 6th St.), has since been demolished. The site is now occupied by the Jerry Larned Sports Center.
PWA Docket No. [W]1203
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 184.
Map: https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4034mm.g4034mm_g086631940/?sp=4&st=image&r=0.031,0.282,0.973,0.593,0 (accessed Apr. 9, 2022)
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on April 9, 2022.
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