- City:
- Durham, NC
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Colleges and Universities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Completed:
- 1939
- Designer:
- John M. Carmody
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Ruth G. Rush Residence Hall, constructed as a women’s dormitory at North Carolina Central University in Durham, North Carolina, was built as part of a federal Public Works Administration (PWA) project during the Great Depression.
A National Register of Historic Places nomination form states that the building bears a plaque stating that the building was “designed by Federal Works Agency architect John M. Carmody.”
Source notes
National Register of Historic Places nomination form:
https://www.hpo.ncdcr.gov/nr/DH0372.pdf
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on November 12, 2014.
Additional contributions by Fern Nesson.
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