- City:
- Denison, TX
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
The PWA assisted in the funding of an addition to the old Denison High School. The school occupied the block bounded by Main and Woodard Streets and Armstrong and Barrett Avenues.
Razed in 2007, as of 2013 the old high school site is a vacant lot.
Source notes
"PWA Grant Is Sent; Boring Hits 28 Feet"; The Denison Press (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 155, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 4, 1939 https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth327921/m1/1/zoom/?q=PWA https://www.texasescapes.com/CentralTexasTownsNorth/DenisonTexas/Denison-High-School-Demolished.htm https://www.panoramio.com/photo/10999284Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 1, 2014.
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