Paradise Elementary School (destroyed) – Paradise CA

City:
Paradise, CA

Site Type:
Schools, Education and Health

New Deal Agencies:
Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Quality of Information:
Moderate

Site Survival:
No Longer Extant

Description

Paradise Elementary School was constructed with the help of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), which was very active in Butte County, CA. (Smith 2012)

Unfortunately, the school burned in the catastrophic Camp Fire of November 2018, which destroyed most of the town of Paradise. (Chico Record)

Source notes

Ken Smith, "Butte County gets a New Deal," Chico News & Review, May 31, 2012. https://www.newsreview.com/chico/content?oid=6160692

https://paradiseelem.pusdk12.orgk

https://www.chicoer.com/2018/11/21/paradise-unified-school-district-prepares-plan-to-get-kids-back-in-class/

Site originally submitted by Richard A Walker on March 8, 2018.

Location Info


588 Pearson Rd.
Paradise, CA 95969
Butte County

Coordinates: 39.751832, -121.611091

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