- City:
- Westport, CT
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding
- Started:
- 1935
- Completed:
- 1937
Description
The original component of what is now Saugatuck Elementary School was originally constructed as an second building for what was then Staples High School. The project was undertaken with federal Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) sponsorship. The P.W.A. supplied a $51,750 grant for the project, whose total cost was $113,925. Construction occurred between Dec. 1935 and Apr. 1937. The facility has since been expanded.
P.W.A. Docket No. CT [W]1038
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 2. https://06880danwoog.com/2014/08/26/westports-school-daze/Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on May 8, 2017.
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