- City:
- Benjamin, TX
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Completed:
- 1942
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The WPA provided labor for the construction of the Knox County Courthouse and the school in Benjamin, Texas.
The source below says the school was built in 1942, but the WPA plaque on the building says 1935-1937.
Source notes
https://www.texasescapes.com/TOWNS/Benjamin/Benjamin.htmSite originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 7, 2014.
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Eveline Evans
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31206784/benjamin_courthouse_and_others/
Lubbock Morning Avalanche
Lubbock, Texas
01 Aug 1935
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37639113/benjamin_school_1939/
Clipping that says construction was to begin in 1939. Cornerstone says 1940.