- City:
- Bedford, PA
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Auxiliary Civic Facilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding
Description
Referring to projects accomplished by the Public Works Administration, The Indiana Gazette writes in 1937: “Five combination garage and office buildings at Allentown, Carlisle, New Castle, Bedford and Greensburg, have been built for the State Highway Department. These modern structures will house the road equipment used by the Highway Department and will provide adequate office space for its maintenance forces.”
One article referred to the location as being “on property at the west end of Bedford, near the Junction of Pitt and Penn streets;” the physical address of the building is 630 E Penn St.
Source notes
The Indiana Gazette from Indiana, Pennsylvania, Apr. 1, 1937 (pg. 20)
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/10028437/ (accessed Dec. 25, 2017)
https://newspaperarchive.com/bedford-gazette-jan-17-1936-p-1/
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on December 25, 2017.
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