- City:
- Atlanta, GA
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Military and Public Safety, Police Stations, Penal Facilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Started:
- 1934
- Completed:
- 1935
Description
The first major federal Public Works Administration (PWA) project undertaken in Atlanta during the Great Depression was the city’s police station and jail. The PWA supplied a $257,000 loan and $97,460 grant for the project, whose total cost was $355,867. Construction occurred between February 1934 and May 1935.
The exact location and present status of the facility is unknown to Living New Deal.
PWA Docket No. GA 2983.
Source notes
https://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/topics/history/article/the-leo-frank-case/the-new-deal-in-atlanta-a-review-of-the-major-programsSite originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 12, 2015.
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