- City:
- Harrisonburg, VA
- Site Type:
- Schools, Education and Health
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding
- Started:
- 1938
- Completed:
- 1939
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Originally the Lucy F. Simms School, the Lucy F. Simms Continuing Education Center in Harrisonburg, Virginia was constructed with the aid of a federal Public Works Administration (PWA) grant. Construction occurred between July 1938 and June 1939; the grant supplied $45,000 toward the building’s $98,870 total cost. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
Source notes
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 121.
Building plaque
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_F._Simms_School (accessed Mar. 29, 2023)
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 29, 2023.
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