- City:
- Polson, MT
- Site Type:
- Military and Public Safety, Penal Facilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Started:
- 1935
- Completed:
- 1936
- Contractor:
- C. J. Loveland
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Montana’s Big Timber Pioneer newspaper reported in 1936:
“Work on PWA projects in Polson is well under way. Construction of a new jail and fire house has started, adjacent to the new city hall which was constructed with a grant of federal funds last year. C. J. Loveland who was superintendent for the construction of the new city hall is again in charge.”
Source notes
"Work Moving Upon Polson PWA Projects"; Big Timber Pioneer, Jan. 23, 1936, page 6.
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on February 13, 2014.
Additional contributions by Keith Himmelreich and Douglass Halvorsen.
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Keith Himmelreich
Coordinates for the fire hall are:
47.695078 -114.162069
The fire hall and jail are still in use and in good condition.