Shafter City Hall – Shafter CA

City:
Shafter, CA

Site Type:
Civic Facilities, Auxiliary Civic Facilities

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

Description

Originally built as a generic county office building, this structure has since become the Shafter City Hall.

A plaque on the building reads:
"Constructed by Federal Works Agency, Works Projects Administration and County of Kern – 1940"

Plans for the building were announced publicly in 1939: "Supervisor Announces New Building for Shafter, Association Will Donate Lots for New Structure," Bakersfield Californian, 19 August 1939.

Source notes

Bakersfield Californian, 19 August 1939. Project submitted by Douglas Dodd.

Location Info


336 Pacific Avenue
Shafter, CA 93263
Kern County

Location notes:
Originally built as a generic Kern County office building, later became Shafter City Hall.

Coordinates: 35.501683, -119.27344

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