- City:
- Olfen, TX
- Site Type:
- Schools, Education and Health
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Completed:
- 1939
- Designers:
- Architect, John C. Becker
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
A new $17,800 school building at Olfen, Runnels county, was dedicated 3/26/39. The modern six- room structure was completed March 22. Attending the dedication was E. C. Grindstaff, county school superintendent; John C. Becker, architect who designed the building; the Rev. O. A. Boockman, Catholic priest at Olfen; Hugh Horn, of the Abilene Construction company, general contractors, and Glenn A. Rector, PWA engineer and inspector. The building was made possible by a 55 per cent PWA grant.
Source notes
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28133828/olfen_school/
Abilene Reporter-News
(Abilene, Texas)
26 Mar 1939, Sun • Page 24
Site originally submitted by Eveline Evans on February 13, 2019.
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