- City:
- Hornitos, CA
- Site Type:
- Schools, Education and Health
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1935
- Completed:
- 1936
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
The Works Progress Administration completed improvements for the Hornitos School. The work included the following tasks: “Brace building underpinning, etc., on property of Hornitos School District.”
WPA Proj. No. 65-3-3768, December 27, 1935, $2,027
Built in the 1860s to service a population of 15,000 during the height of the gold rush, the building was replaced with a newer cinder block building in 1980. It was eventually shut down 9 years later due to population decline.
Source notes
WPA Job Card, Fresno Public Library, San Joaquin Valley Heritage & Genealogy Center
Site originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on March 2, 2018.
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Bruce
My mother and siblings went to this school in the 1930’s. Nearest guess would be 1937. I have a picture of the students all on the front porch. Would you be interested in a copy?