Malaga School (former) – Malaga WA

City:
Malaga, WA

Site Type:
Education and Health, Schools

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

Started:
1937

Completed:
1938

Description

“Immediately following Thanksgiving, work will begin on the grounds of the Malaga School, Chelan County … Funds from WPA in the amount of $18,083 have been provided for excavating, grading, leveling and covering the ground with a top soil. The sponsors, School District #115, will provide $4,400 to be added to the WPA grant and men from WPA rolls will complete the work by July 1, 1938.”

The precise location and the present status of the school building are unknown to Living New Deal.

Source notes

WPA Press Release [#329], Nov. 15, 1937, [page 30]: https://www.sos.wa.gov/legacy/images/publications/SL_wpawapressrelease_no301to400/SL_wpawapressrelease_no301to400.pdf

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on October 26, 2014.

Location Info


Malaga, WA

Location notes: General marker for Malaga

Coordinates: 47.372038, -120.199384

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