- City:
- East Haven, CT
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1936
Description
The former East Haven High School was constructed as a New Deal project with federal Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) funds. The P.W.A. supplied a $185,153 grant for the project, whose total cost was $427,035. Construction occurred between March and December 1936.
No longer used for educational purposes, East Haven is converting the facility into a 70-unit senior housing facility.
P.W.A. Docket No. CT [W]1026
Source notes
National Archives: Record Group 135: Public Works Administration; Projects Control Division; Entry 52: Indices to Non-Federal Projects; Report No. 5: Status of All Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects, page 2. https://www.nhregister.com/general-news/20161102/20-years-later-east-havens-200-tyler-st-gets-new-useSite originally submitted by Evan Kalish on May 8, 2017.
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