Senior High School (former) Improvements – Port Washington NY

City:
Port Washington, NY

Site Type:
Education and Health, Schools

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Description

Now part of the Carrie Palmer Weber Middle School complex, what was then known as the Senior High School in Port Washington, New York was improved by the federal Work Projects Administration during the 1930s.  One modest project undertaken in 1938 involved repairs to the building’s walls, ceilings, and plastering. Other schools in Port Washington were similarly improved.

WPA Official Project No. 665-21-2-219.

Source notes

National Archives; Record Group 69: Records of the Work Projects Administration; Records of the Project Control Division; microfilm publication T936; roll 9. https://www.portnet.k12.ny.us/Page/1764

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on August 16, 2014.

Location Info


52 Campus Dr.
Port Washington, NY 11050
Nassau County

Coordinates: 40.828207, -73.682645

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