Philadelphia History Museum Renovations – Philadelphia PA

City:
Philadelphia, PA

Site Type:
Education and Health, Museums

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

Started:
1938

Completed:
1941

Description

“After three years of renovations carried out by the Works Progress Administration, the Atwater Kent Museum was formally dedicated on April 19, 1941.”

Source notes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_History_Museum

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on September 16, 2015.

Location Info


15 S. 7th St.
Philadelphia, PA 19106

Coordinates: 39.950239, -75.151922

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