Quinsigamond Elementary School Improvements – Worcester MA

City:
Worcester, MA

Site Type:
Education and Health, Schools

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

Description

Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) laborers conducted substantial improvement work to Quinsigamond Elementary School in Worcester, Mass. WPA Bulletin:

Quinsigamond Grade School, which has accommodated four generations of Worcester children, has been renovated by WPA.
Typical of WPA school repair and improvement projects conducted in all sections of the state, Quinsigamond School’s woodwork, walls and floors have been repaired, refinished and painted, sanitary conditions have been improved, new lockers have been built, a new chimney was erected and a modern heating system installed.

Source notes

Works Progress Bulletin, Massachusetts: Dec. 2, 1936 (pg. 4). https://archive.org/details/worksprogressbul3637unit

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 23, 2017.

Location Info


14 Blackstone River Road
Worcester, MA 01504

Coordinates: 42.233567, -71.795708

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