McKinley Elementary School – Gridley CA

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)

 

Location Info


1045 Sycamore
Gridley, CA Butte County

Location notes:

Coordinates: 39.362703, -121.69782

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One comment on “McKinley Elementary School – Gridley CA

  1. Vivian York

    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.

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  1. Vivian York

    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.

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