- 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=664643Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 19, 2014.
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