Pierce High School – Arbuckle CA

City:
Arbuckle, CA

Site Type:
Schools, Education and Health

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

Completed:
1937

Quality of Information:
Very Good

Marked:
Yes

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

The Public Works Administration (PWA) provided funding for Pierce HS in the Pierce Joint Unified School District in Colusa County CA.  Both the High School and the District still exist.

Pierce High School was completed in 1937 and provides a fine example of Moderne (Art Deco) architecture, which was popular from 1925 to 1945.  

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) did additional work on the school grounds, building handball and tennis courts and adding fencing and a sidewalk.

Source notes

Plaques on school building

WPA project card, National Archives Record Group 69-A

https://phs.pierce.k12.ca.us/home

 

Site originally submitted by Gray Brechin on May 6, 2021.

Location Info


960 Wildwood Rd
Arbuckle, CA 95912
Colusa County

Coordinates: 39.010189, -122.0549

Site Details

Site #s
CA-1012R

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