Sweetwater County Courthouse (former) Improvements – Green River WY

City:
Green River, WY

Site Type:
Courthouses (State & Local), Civic Facilities

New Deal Agencies:
Civil Works Administration (CWA), Work Relief Programs

Description

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted improvement and repair work at the former Sweetwater County Courthouse in Green River, Wyoming.

Cassity: “In Green River, CWA workers not only painted and renovated the exterior and interior but also the furniture and fixtures of the courthouse.”

Source notes

Building Up Wyoming: Depression-Era Federal Projects in Wyoming, 1929–1943. Michael Cassity. Prepared for the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office ... (pg. 101).
https://www.michaelcassity.org/uploads/1/2/7/7/12777320/wyodepressionerafedprojects_mpdf.pdf (accessed Jul. 18, 2022)

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on July 18, 2022.

Location Info


Green River, WY

Location notes: Coordinates of current courthouse

Coordinates: 41.52969, -109.46780

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