Newell Elementary School – Allentown NJ

City:
Allentown, NJ

Site Type:
Education and Health, Schools

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding

Started:
1936

Completed:
1936

Description

The Public Works Administration (PWA) provided a $52,000 grant for construction of a school in Allentown, New Jersey. Total cost of the project was $149,681. Completed in 1936, Living New Deal believes this is Newell Elementary School.

PWA Docket No. NJ [W]1020

Source notes

Source: National Archives: Record Group 135: Public Works Administration; Projects Control Division; Entry 52: Indices to Non-Federal Projects; Report No. 5: Status of All Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects, page 18.

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 26, 2018.

Location Info


27 High St.
Allentown, NJ 08501

Coordinates: 40.173201, -74.586877

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