Mechanical Arts Building (former) - Mt. Pleasant UT

City:: Mt. Pleasant, UT
Site Type:: Education and Health, Schools
New Deal Agencies:: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs, Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
Started:: 1935
Completed:: 1936

Description

The historic Mt. Pleasant High School Mechanical Arts Building was constructed as a New Deal project. Work began under the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) and was completed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The building is now privately owned.

National Register of Historic Places nomination:
“This building is one of three high school shop buildings constructed in Sanpete County using the same basic design. The other two are in Ephraim and Moroni, both of which are still standing and eligible for nomination. All three of these buildings are large, two-story box-like structures with rectangular plans and centrally placed two-story entrance porticos. The Mt. Pleasant building, like the one in Moroni, is built of cream-colored limestone and has a low-pitched hip roof. The openings are arranged symmetrically around the entrance bay which has a gable roof, heavy cornice returns, a round arch upper story window, and a molded cornice over the door itself. There are low-relief quoins at the corners.”

“The project was approved in November 1934; construction began in January of 1935 and was completed in April 1936.”