- City:
- Olean, NY
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding
- Started:
- 1935
- Completed:
- 1937
Description
Sometimes misattributed to the Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.), Olean High School was built as a federal Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) project. The P.W.A. supplied a grant of $235,700 for the project, whose total cost was $944,666. Begun in 1935, the building was dedicated Feb. 22, 1937.
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 22. History and photos: https://www.oleanschools.org/cms/lib/NY19000263/Centricity/Domain/510/Centennial.pdfSite originally submitted by Evan Kalish on June 8, 2017.
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