Research Administration Center (UMass) – Amherst MA

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.pdf

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 24, 2017.

Location Info


70 Butterfield Terrace
Amherst, MA

Coordinates: 42.386901, -72.521132

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