Beaver Dam School (former) Reconstruction – Bleckley County GA

City:
Bleckley County, GA

Site Type:
Education and Health, Schools

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

Started:
1935

Completed:
1936

Description

The Beaver Dam school in Bleckley County, Georgia, served African-American children and was rebuilt by the WPA between 1935 and 1936.

(Current status and exact location within Bleckley County unknown to the Living New Deal)

Source notes

https://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/pdfs/ppDIRwpa.pdf (slides 21-22)

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 20, 2014.

Location Info

Cochran, GA Bleckley County

Location notes: Location marker is for city of Cochran, the county seat of Bleckley County.

Coordinates: 32.3868278, -83.35460

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