- City:
- Peoria, AZ
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Gymnasiums
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Completed:
- 1937
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
The Works Progress Administration built the Peoria High School Gymnasium in Peoria, Maricopa County, circa 1937. The building construction was adobe brick masonry with reinforced concrete foundation. It measured 68 x 100 feet. The façade finish was plaster and the interior flooring was hardwood with sleepers. A vaulted, lamella truss roof covered with copper topped the structure.
Source notes
National Archives Record Group 69-N
Hope D. Peters, 2003, PHS old gym may see the end, but history will live on, Peoria Times: (https://www.peoriatimes.com/news/article_68e6fc86-a624-5efd-a3de-3db736f35084.html), accessed on December 10, 2017.
Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on December 11, 2017.
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