Old Economy Village Restoration – Ambridge PA

City:
Ambridge, PA

Site Type:
Historical Restoration

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

Completed:
1938

Designer:
Charles M. Stotz

Quality of Information:
Very Good

Marked:
Unknown

Description

“Careful research has been done and is continuing and the whole restoration is by no means complete. The part undertaken with P.W.A. aid was completed in July 1938 at a construction cost of $32,164 and a project cost of $37,175.”

Source notes

C.W. Short and R. Stanley-Brown. "Public Buildings: A Survey of Architecture of Projects Constructed by Federal and Other Governmental Bodies Between the Years 1933 and 1939 with the Assistance of the Public Works Administration." (1939) page 141. https://archive.org/details/publicbuildingss00unitrich/page/140/mode/2up?view=theater

Michael O'Malley "Built by the New Deal" Pennsylvania Heritage (Fall 2008) http://paheritage.wpengine.com/article/built-by-new-deal/

http://oldeconomyvillage.org/restoration_story/

Site originally submitted by Andrew Gallentine on February 28, 2023.

Location Info


270 Sixteenth Street Ambridge, PA 15003
Ambridge, PA 15003
Beaver County

Coordinates: 40.5985, -80.23167

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