- City:
- Gridley, CA
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Quality of Information:
- Minimal
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
McKinley Elementary School was one of several schools and many public works built by the New Deal in Butte County, CA. It was probably built by the WPA (but this needs to be confirmed).
Source notes
Ken Smith, "Butte County gets a New Deal," Chico News & Review, May 31, 2012. https://www.newsreview.com/chico/content?oid=6160692
Joseph McGie, History of Butte County (2 volumes), 1982. (needs further investigation)
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I am looking for a picture of the old high school that was across from McKinley School. I watched it burn down from my window across Sycamore St. My name at that time was Vivian Mitchell.