- City:
- Russell, KS
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Work Relief Programs, Public Works Administration (PWA), Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1935
- Completed:
- 1938
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
A three story Art Deco style limestone school building with auditorium and gymnasium. This building was built as the new Russell High School:
“Originally built at a cost of $253,000 and with assistance from the Work Projects Administration (WPA) in 1938, the three-story limestone structure was constructed for high school students and continues to support and house education in the Russell community…
The building was built with cooperation from the Federal Public Works Administration where workers were paid 60 cents an hour. Between 400 and 500 men built the building in 14 months.” (https://www.krsl.com)
Source notes
RMS History (2015) retrieved from https://rms.usd407.org/about_rms/about_rms.html Russell County News (1938). This Section of the News Dedicated to the New Russell High School, VIII(5), pp. 1. Ruppenthal Middle School Celebrates 75 YearsSite originally submitted by Mary Chance on October 13, 2015.
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