- City:
- Hilmar, CA
- Site Type:
- Education and Health
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Contractor:
- L. Ubels
Description
The WPA built this building as the Lander Gym, then part of the Hilmar Union High School. It now serves as the Hilmar Unified School District office.
“During the construction of the high school gym, students could skip school to help with the building, Grant said, which made some students happy.
In April of 1936, the high school received a $6,626.86 check from the federal government, the first of several payments for the new gym, according to the Hilmar-Irwin Enterprise.
L. Ubels, the gym’s contractor, was eventually paid $24,488 for the work.”
– https://www.mercedsunstar.com/2010/05/01/1406511/wpa-elim-elementary.html
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