- City:
- Lakeport, CA
- Site Type:
- Museums, Education and Health, Parks and Recreation
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1935
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Thanks to the assistance of the Lakeport History Museum, a former WPA built history museum was located. The WPA constructed the museum in 1936. The history museum was moved into a historic courthouse that had operated from 1871 to 1968 and after a vote, was refurbished and became the town museum in 1976. The former museum is now utilized as a law library.
WPA Project No. 65-3-3325, App. Date 12-9-35, $3,299, “Construct building for historical museum.”
Source notes
Clark McAbee Curator Lakeport History Museum.
WPA job cards, Fresno Public Library, San Joaquin Valley Heritage & Genealogy Center.
Site originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on December 26, 2018.
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