Elihu B. Taft School (former) – Burlington VT

City:
Burlington, VT

Site Type:
Schools, Education and Health

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

Started:
1938

Completed:
1939

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

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.

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on February 20, 2017.

Location Info


14 South Williams St.
Burlington, VT 05401

Coordinates: 44.4803213, -73.202918

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