Mineral County High School – Hawthorne NV

City:
Hawthorne, NV

Site Type:
Education and Health, Schools

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Funding, Work Relief Programs, Public Works Administration (PWA), Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Started:
1934

Quality of Information:
Moderate

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

The PWA granted a loan of $55,000 for a new Mineral County high school building in 1934. In 1940 the Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed a tennis court at the school at a cost of $1,902.

The building is still in use today.

Source notes

https://mci.stparchive.com/Archive/MCI/MCI08251954p06.php https://www.newsreview.com/reno/how-the-new-deal-built/content?oid=664643

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 19, 2014.

Location Info


601 A St.
Hawthorne, NV 89415
Mineral County

Coordinates: 38.524407, -118.62862

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