Sheffield School Addition – Newport RI

City:
Newport, RI

Site Type:
Education and Health, Schools

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding

Started:
1934

Quality of Information:
Moderate

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

The PWA funded renovations and an addition at the Sheffield School circa 1934. The school closed in 2007, and the city has explored turning the building into a high-tech innovation center called InnovateNewport with a $1.7 million federal grant, but the status of the project is unclear.

Source notes

Newport Mercury, September 7, 1934, p.4 Engage Newport website

Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on November 28, 2016.

Location Info

513 Broadway
Newport, RI 02840
Washington County

Coordinates: 41.504214, -71.302157

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