- City:
- New York, New York City, NY
- Site Type:
- Military and Public Safety
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
The Work Projects Administration worked to “improve and alter” the old U.S. Army Building, located at 39 Whitehall Street, during the early 1940s. The building was demolished in 1983.
Source notes
National Archives; Record Group 69: Records of the Work Projects Administration; Records of the Project Control Division; microfilm publication T937; roll 11. https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/05/realestate/streetscapes-readers-questions-the-old-us-army-building-on-whitehall-street.htmlSite originally submitted by Evan Kalish on August 17, 2014.
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