Peirce Hall Addition – West Lafayette IN

City:
West Lafayette, IN

Site Type:
Education and Health, Colleges and Universities

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

Description

The Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) constructed an addition to Purdue University’s Peirce Hall, then the Physics Building.

Source notes

"A Century and Beyond: The History of Purdue University," by Robert W. Topping (pg. 231). Link.

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on September 15, 2017.

Location Info


701 3rd St.
West Lafayette, IN 47906

Coordinates: 40.426653, -86.915027

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