Thomas Crane Public Library, Coletti Addition – Quincy MA

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.

Location Info


40 Washington St.
Quincy, MA 02169

Coordinates: 42.2513, -71.0006

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