Former Taft School
Project type: Schools, Education and Health
New Deal Agencies: Public Works Administration (PWA)
Started: 1938
Completed: 1939
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Description
Burlington’s former Elihu B. Taft School was built as a New Deal project in 1938-9; its construction was enabled by Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) funds. The P.W.A. provided a grant of $111,272 for the project, whose total cost was $245,198. Construction occurred between Aug. 1938 and Nov. 1939.
PWA Docket No. VT [W]1079
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Cornerstone
Source notes
National Archives: Record Group 135: Public Works Administration; Projects Control Division; Entry 52: Indices to Non-Federal Projects; Report No. 5: Status of All Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects, page 42.
Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on February 20, 2017.
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