- City:
- Newport, TX
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1939
- Designer:
- Voelcker & Dixon
Description
A three classroom school was constructed in Newport, Texas during the Great Depression with the assistance of funds from the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The ranch-style rock building was constructed to replace a frame school that had previously been destroyed by fire. Two of the classrooms were separated by a sliding partition that could be opened to create an auditorium. The WPA funded $5,762 of the approximate $9,000 cost of construction.
Source notes
"Newport to get school building." (September 5, 1939). Wichita Daily Times, p. 5.
Site originally submitted by Susan C. Allen on December 2, 2014.
Site Details
| Federal Cost | Total Cost |
|---|---|
| $5,762.00 | $9,000.00 |
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