Modoc Union High School – Alturas CA

City:
Alturas, CA

Site Type:
Education and Health, Schools

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)

Started:
1938

Completed:
1939

Designer:
Masten & Hurd

Contractor:
Moore & Roberts

Description

Modoc Union High School was constructed in 1939 as a Public Works Administration project and is located along North Main St (Hwy 395) in downtown Alturas, CA. There are two bronze plaques that hang near the front entrance to the school. The top plaque mentions the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works by Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harold L. Ickes as Administrator of Public Works. The plaque lists the school as being constructed in 1939. The building’s architecture contains Art Deco themes. The school still functions as a high school today.

Source notes

Bronze plaque hanging on the west entrance to the school building.

Site originally submitted by Douglass Halvorsen on July 23, 2014.

Location Info


900 N Main St
Alturas, CA 96101
Modoc County

Coordinates: 41.491774, -120.54214

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