- City:
- Kirkwell, CO
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Federal & Military Operations, Work Relief Programs, Treasury Department
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
The former post office in Kirkwell, in the Comanche National Grasslands, was constructed in either 1937 or 1938 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). It sat amidst former farmland that had been abandoned because of the Dust Bowl. The school is constructed from blocks of Dakota sandstone.
Source notes
Information Provided by Stephen R. Jones in a report prepared for The Living New Deal.Site originally submitted by Stephen R. Jones on January 23, 2017.
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