- City:
- Montrose, CO
- Site Type:
- Penal Facilities, Military and Public Safety
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Completed:
- 1936
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built a county jail in Montrose, CO. The two-story structure was built of store quarried locally. The federal expenditure was $18,514. Local sponsors contributed an additional $9,348. While not still in use the building, which bears a 1936 inscription and a plaque crediting the WPA with its construction, still stands.
The plaque reads:
Erected through the cooperation of federal, state and local governments by Works Progress Administration
Dedicated to the enrichment of human livesA record of permanent achievement
Source notes
National Archives, Record Number 69-N
Plaque on building
Personal visit by James Jankowski, April 16, 2023
Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on December 31, 2018.
Additional contributions by James Jankowski.
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