Lafayette Elementary School – Jacksonville IL

City:
Jacksonville, IL

Site Type:
Education and Health, Schools

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

Designer:
Smith Kratz & Strong

Contractor:
Smirl & Gibson

Marked:
Yes

Description

Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works (later renamed PWA), Project No. ILL. 1306-R.

Constructed in 1936.

Source notes

Interior plaque

Site originally submitted by Darius Bryjka on May 30, 2013.

Location Info

747 W. Lafayette Ave.
Jacksonville, Illinois 62650
Morgan County

Coordinates: 39.7379107, -90.23988

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