- City:
- Fort Worth, TX
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding, Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1935
- Completed:
- 1937
- Designer:
- Hare and Hare (Landscape)
- Contractor:
- Works Progress Administration (Landscape)
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
In 1934, the Public Works Administration (PWA) approved a loan of $4.2 million for a school building program in Fort Worth. Rufino Mendoza Elementary School (then called Denver Avenue Elementary School), built in 1910, received a new auditorium wing between 1935 and 1936. The Works Progress Administration (WPA) under the direction of Hare and Hare of Kansas City landscaped the school grounds from 1935 to 1937.
Source notes
Historic Schools Survey Report https://fortworthtexas.gov/uploadedFiles/Planning_and_Development/Planning_and_Design_(template)/Historic%20Schools%20Survey%20report%20web.pdfSite originally submitted by Larry Moore on January 23, 2017.
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