- City:
- Greensburg, LA
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Courthouses (State & Local)
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1937
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The St. Helena Parish Courthouse was undertaken in Greensburg, Louisiana during the Great Depression with assistance of funds provided by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The Greensburg courthouse was one of two Louisiana courthouses built with WPA funds instead of support from the Public Works Administration (PWA) (Leighninger, 2001).
Source notes
Leighninger, R. D. (2001). The great courthouse explosion. Preservation in Print, 28(3). Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans. Leighninger, R. D. (2007). Building Louisiana: The Legacy of the Public Works Administration. The University Press of Mississippi. St. Helena Parish Courthouse. (n.d.) St. Helena Parish courthouse under construction in Greensburg, Louisiana in 1937. (January 28, 1937). National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Work Projects Administration, Information Service, Primary File, 1936-42, Box 6, Folder 212-A.Site originally submitted by Susan C. Allen on December 5, 2014.
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