- City:
- Quincy, MA
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Libraries
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding
- Started:
- 1938
- Completed:
- 1939
- Artist:
- Joseph A. Coletti
- Designers:
- Carroll Coletti, Paul A. Coletti
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Thomas Crane Public Library in Quincy, Massachusetts received a sizable addition as part of a New Deal Public Works Administration (PWA) project. The PWA provided a $89,958 grant for the work, whose final cost was $183,999. Construction occurred between Oct. 1938 and Dec. 1939.
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 13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Crane_Public_Library https://focus.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NHLS/Text/72000143.pdf Thomas Crane Public Library, Coletti Addition, accessed August 15, 2017.Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on December 28, 2016.
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