New York » Mexico

School Ground Improvements – Mexico NY

Project type: Education and Health, Schools
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Started:
View Project in a Separate Window

Description

The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) put 20 men to work improving school grounds in Mexico, New York beginning in March 1939. The exact location of the grounds is unknown to Living New Deal.

Source notes

"Review Of The Year 1939 In Story." Mexico independent., December 28, 1939, page 1.
http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn85026818/1939-12-28/ed-1/seq-1/

Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 28, 2015.

We welcome contributions of additional information on any New Deal project site.

SUBMIT MORE INFORMATION OR PHOTOGRAPHS FOR THIS SITE

Location Info

Mexico, NY

Location notes: Approximate location

Coordinates: 43.460193, -76.234195

Leave a Reply

Before leaving a comment, please note:

  • Comments allow viewers to share information with others or alert us to errors or changes in a New Deal site.
  • We are not involved in the management of New Deal sites and have no information about visits, hours or rentals.
  • This page shows all the information we have for this site; if you have new information or photos to share, click below.

SUBMIT MORE INFORMATION OR PHOTOGRAPHS FOR THIS SITE

We welcome contributions of additional information on any New Deal project site.

Your email address will not be published.

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.