Junior High School (abandoned) – Braddock PA

City:
Braddock, PA

Site Type:
Schools, Education and Health

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding

Started:
1938

Completed:
1939

Description

The Art Deco-style, abandoned Junior High School building in Braddock, Pennsylvania was constructed as a New Deal project in 1938-9. The Public Works Administration (PWA) provided a $301,367 grant for the school, whose total cost was $664,090.

PWA Docket No. PA [W]1692

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 35.

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 23, 2018.

Location Info


Washington Ave. and 7th St.
Braddock, PA

Location notes: East corner

Coordinates: 40.400152, -79.869390

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