- City:
- Avoca, Howard, NY
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Unknown
Description
Built as an elementary school. When multiple rural districts merged to create Avoca Central School, part of the negotiated agreement required a new grade school in Howard. The Howard Grade School was built as part of the project whose main purpose was creating the central school. The Public Works Administration supported the overall project with a $99,000 grant.
The former Howard School is now in private hands, and used for business purposes. The building is located on the west side of County Road 70, just south of the Southern Tier Expressway.
Source notes
The Sweet Vale of Avoca: A History of Avoca, New York, by Grace S. Fox, page 116.
Site originally submitted by Steuben County Historical Society Director on December 30, 2020.
Additional contributions by Evan Kalish.
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