- City:
- Mojave, CA
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Completed:
- 1938
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Mojave elementary school was built in 1938 with $150,000 in federal funds from the Public Works Administration (PWA). It was made primarily of reinforced concrete.
There has been considerable alteration of the exterior and windows over time, plus addition of further structures to house the school, about which we lack further information. The front entrance is a stripped down version of the original and the bas-relied and original doors have disappeared.
Source notes
National Archives and Records Administration
Scrapbooks of clippings related to WPA projects in Fresno, Kern, King, Madera, and Tulare Counties, gift of Mrs. David T. Holmes, Vacaville, 1962. (Scrapbook can be found in the California State Library in Sacramento).
https://hecleo.posterous.com/tag/schoolphotos
Site originally submitted by Shaina Potts on November 13, 2010.
Additional contributions by Richard A Walker, Joan Greer.
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Bryan
The original location of the building is on the south side, you can still see the little pegs that held the Mojave Elementary School sign