National Training School for Boys (Former): Agricultural Buildings – Washington DC

State:
WASHINGTON-DC

Site Type:
Education and Health, Military and Public Safety, Schools, Penal Facilities

New Deal Agencies:
Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Completed:
1937

Quality of Information:
Good

Site Survival:
Unknown

Description

The Works Progress Administration built several agricultural buildings, which included a chicken farm and hennery, at the National Training School for Boys in Washington DC, circa 1937.

Source notes

National Archives Record Group 69-N

Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on January 8, 2018.

Location Info


New York Avenue NE
Washington, DC

Location notes: Marker is based on coordinates for the school given by the USGS GNIS: https://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:8331000397645198::NO::P3_FID:531680.

Coordinates: 38.9187, -76.9494

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