- City:
- Peoria, AZ
- Site Type:
- Military and Public Safety, Education and Health, Museums, Penal Facilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Completed:
- 1938
Description
This small building was constructed as a jail by the Works Progress Administration in 1939. It was restored in 2002 and is now a museum. The building bears a WPA stamp to the right of its door.
Source notes
National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Work Projects Administration, Information Service, Primary File, 1936-42, Box 6, Folder 211-A.
https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM927W_Peoria_Jail_Peoria_Arizona
Site originally submitted by Brent McKee - wpatoday.org on August 3, 2014.
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