- City:
- Braddock, PA
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, City and Town Halls
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1935
Description
Among a set of 26 WPA projects for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania approved in Sept. 1935 was “improvements to the municipal building” in Braddock, PA. The Federal government contributed $600 for the project and local sponsors contributed $144.
Braddock’s Municipal Building has since moved; the address and present status of the former building is unknown to Living New Deal.
Source notes
"Allot $454,015 For WPA Jobs in This Area"; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sept. 7, 1935 (page 5)Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on June 1, 2014.
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