- City:
- Concord, MA
- Site Type:
- Gymnasiums, Education and Health, Parks and Recreation
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding
- Started:
- 1935
- Completed:
- 1936
Description
Hunt Recreation Center in Concord, Massachusetts was constructed as a New Deal project. It was built in part with federal Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) funds. The P.W.A. supplied a grant of $27,653 for the project, whose total cost was $61,494. Construction occurred between Nov. 1935 and Aug. 1936.
PWA Docket No. MA W1028.
Source notes
National Archives: 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 11.Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 17, 2017.
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Is there any information about the old Ripley School which was demolished before the Hunt Gym was built?
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