- City:
- Fort Worth, TX
- Site Type:
- Schools, Education and Health
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Started:
- 1935
- Completed:
- 1936
- Designers:
- E. G. Withers Architectural Company (building), Hare and Hare (landscaping)
- Contractors:
- Thomas S. Byrne Construction Company (building), Works Progress Administration (landscaping)
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
In 1934, the Public Works Administration approved a loan of $4.2 million for a school building program in Fort Worth. Rosemont Middle School (Originally Rosemont Junior High School) was one of the schools built with the PWA funds. The E. G. Withers Architectural Company designed the mostly two-story Mediterranean-Romanesque style structure. Thomas S. Byrne Construction Company constructed the building between 1935 and 1936. The Works Progress Administration under the direction of Hare and Hare of Kansas City landscaped the school grounds.
Source notes
Historic Schools Survey ReportSite originally submitted by Larry Moore on December 6, 2016.
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