Library Hall Remodeling – Dexter IA

City:
Dexter, IA

Site Type:
Libraries, Education and Health

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Started:
1938

Completed:
1939

Quality of Information:
Good

Marked:
Yes

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

The Works Progress Administration remodeled of a two-story brick structure into a one-story library and community hall, 1938-1939. The construction costs were $4,o62 in federal funds and $348 in city funds.

Source notes

Dallas County News, Adel, Iowa, May 10, 1939.

History of Dexter, Iowa, 1968, page 61.

Site originally submitted by Joy Neal Kidney on August 10, 2018.

Location Info


724 Marshall Street
Dexter, IA 50070
Dallas County

Coordinates: 41.516836, -94.228409

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