- City:
- Glendale, AZ
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Libraries
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
The federal Public Works Administration (PWA) supplied funding toward the construction of a new library in Glendale, Arizona’s Murphy Park during the Great Depression. Construction occurred between December 1937 and March 1938. Living New Deal believes the building to be no longer extant.
Source notes
https://www.glendaleaz.com/library/Library_History.cfm 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 190.Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 6, 2015.
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