- City:
- Manchester, CT
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Libraries
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1937
Description
“South Manchester Free Public Library moves into a new building and is renamed Mary Cheney Library, located ‘in Center Park’ on Main Street. Money for the building is made possible from Cheney Brothers fund and Federal Public Works Administration funds.”
The Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) supplied a $35,969 grant for the library’s construction, whose total cost was $79,997. Construction occurred between Nov. 1936 and Oct. 1937.
PWA Docket No. CT W1260
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 3. https://library1.townofmanchester.org/index.cfm/manchester-public-library-history/Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on August 25, 2016.
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