- City:
- Kent, OH
- Site Type:
- Colleges and Universities, Education and Health
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
41.15059302281331, -81.35105749394626The Public Works Administration funded the construction of the Science classroom building for Kent State University.
“A federal grant, coupled with a $650,000 appropriation from the state, led to approval of plans for a new science building in 1938.”
Source notes
Personal knowledge. My father taught in that building 1944-1959.
Bronze plaque in the building crediting the Works Progress Administration.
https://www.record-courier.com/article/20150719/OPINION/307199779
Site originally submitted by Geoff Thompson on February 28, 2021.
Additional contributions by Jennifer Mapes.
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