Northern Arizona University Improvements – Flagstaff AZ

City:
Flagstaff, AZ

Site Type:
Education and Health, Colleges and Universities

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Funding, Work Relief Programs, Public Works Administration (PWA), Civil Works Administration (CWA)

Started:
1933

Completed:
1939

Quality of Information:
Minimal

Marked:
No

Site Survival:
Unknown

Description

The Public Works Administration (PWA) gave the Arizona State Teachers College a grant of $105,000 and a loan of $313,000 to build housing on the campus – today’s Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff.  These were North Hall, expansion of Taylor Hall and Cottage City (see links to these projects at right). 

The grant and loan also provided for the  installation of a new heating system for the campus and fire escapes for all buildings.  

In addition, a Civil Works Administration (CWA) project in 1933-34 allowed the campus to fence the athletic field and build bleachers, add roads and curbs, and remove an old railroad siding.

It is unknown to Living New Deal if any of these improvements remain.

Source notes

Platt Cline, Mountain Town: Flagstaff's First Century. Flagstaff AZ: Northland Publishing Company, 1994, p 308.

Site originally submitted by Richard Walker on April 22, 2022.

Location Info


Flagstaff, AZ 86001
Coconino County

Location notes: Pin drop at Old Main quad

Coordinates: 35.19290, -111.655

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