- City:
- Blanding, UT
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Started:
- 1937
- Completed:
- 1938
- Designer:
- Scott and Welch
- Contractor:
- Verne Talboe
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
In early 1937, San Juan High School burned to the ground. With the insurance payment and a federal grant from the Public Works Administration (PWA), the county school district was able to erect a new school building. The large brick Moderne style school was completed in late 1938. Today, it is largely unchanged, both inside and out (a small porch roof hides the old High School name carved over the front door).
The former high school now serves as the San Juan County School District administration building.
(San Juan Record: 3/14/1937, 5/13/37, 1/20/1938, 7/21/38, 12/1/38)
Source notes
San Juan Record (Monticello) - online at: https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/search?facet_paper=%22San+Juan+Record%22&q=San+Juan+Record
Site originally submitted by Joan Greer on April 5, 2017.
Additional contributions by Brent McKee, January 23, 2018.
Site Details
Federal Cost | Local Cost | Total Cost |
---|---|---|
$120,000.00 | $15,000.00 | $135,000.00 |
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