- City:
- Amherst, MA
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Colleges and Universities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding
- Started:
- 1938
- Completed:
- 1939
- Designer:
- Clinton F. Goodwin
- Contractors:
- Irving P. Rocheford, John C. Ringer Co.
Description
The historic Research Administration Center on the University of Massachusetts campus in Amherst was constructed as a Public Works Administration (PWA) project. Construction occurred in 1938-9.
PWA Docket No. MA W1418
Source notes
National Archives: Record Group 135: Public Works Administration; Projects Control Division; Entry 52: Indices to Non-Federal Projects; Report No. 5: Status of All Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects, page 13. https://scua.library.umass.edu/archives/Research%20Administration%20Center.pdfSite originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 24, 2017.
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