State Police Barracks (former) Development – Westport CT

City:
Westport, CT

Site Type:
Military and Public Safety, Police Stations

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

Description

A 1937 Hartford Courant article reported that the WPA contributed “to the improvement and enlargement of the [state police] barracks at Westport and Ridgefield.”

The location and status of this former barracks is presently unknown to Living New Deal.

Source notes

"State Police Cornerstone Rites Held," Hartford Courant, Apr. 23, 1937 (pg. 5)
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/235188232/ (accessed Dec. 27, 2017)

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on December 27, 2017.

Location Info


Westport, CT

Location notes: General location marker for Westport

Coordinates: 41.141, -73.358

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