Smith’s Agricultural School (former) Improvements – Northampton MA

City:
Northampton, MA

Site Type:
Education and Health, Schools

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

Description

Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) labor conducted repairs at what was then known as Smith’s Agricultural School in Northampton, Mass. WPA Bulletin:

The old slate roof of the main Administration Building, Smith Agricultural School, Northampton, which was badly in need of repair has been removed by WPA workmen and replaced with solid squares of new slate.

Source notes

Works Progress Bulletin, Massachusetts: Sept. 14, 1936 (pg. 2) https://archive.org/details/worksprogressbul3637unit

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 14, 2017.

Location Info


80 Locust St.
Northampton, MA 01060

Location notes: Site of present Smith Vocational and Agricultural School

Coordinates: 42.331868, -72.655742

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