School (former) – Barstow TX

City:
Barstow, TX

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Water Supply

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

Started:
1938

Completed:
1939

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

At least one school construction project in Barstow, Texas was undertaken in 1938-9 with Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) funds. The P.W.A. provided a $47,029 grant for the project, whose total cost was $104,610.

Barstow no longer operates any schools, but a school constructed as a result of this project still stands. It is located on the north side of Rio Grande St. just west of Fay Ave.

P.W.A. Docket No. TX [X]2280

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 188.

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on April 9, 2022.

Location Info


Rio Grande St.
Barstow, TX 79719

Coordinates: 31.460885, -103.399807

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