- City:
- Huntington, WV
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Colleges and Universities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Completed:
- 1937
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) completed repairs for the Training School Building at Marshall College (today Marshall University) in Huntington, Cabell County. The structure was built in 1937 and served as a laboratory for teachers in training. Also called Burkirk Hall, the structure currently houses administration, offices, and classrooms of the College of Education and Human Services.
Source notes
National Archives Record Group 69-N.
Jenkins Hall (Albert Gallatin Jenkins Laboratory School): (https://mds.marshall.edu/sc_bom/42/), accessed March 28, 2018.
Jenkins Hall: (https://www.marshall.edu/campus/virtualtour.php?id=16), accessed March 28, 2018.
Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on March 28, 2018.
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