- State:
- WASHINGTON-DC
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Civil Works Administration (CWA)
- Completed:
- 1934
- Artist:
- Nelson Rosenberg
- Quality of Information:
- Minimal
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Unknown
Description
There is evidence that Civil Works Administration (CWA) workers were hired to do painting on Theodore Roosevelt High School in fm 1933-1934. The school itself was built from 1930-1932, before the New Deal.
Also at the site are two recently discovered Nathan Rosenberg murals that are currently being restored.
Source notes
“1,000,000 paid district CWA workers,” The Washington Post, January 4, 1934, p. 13
Site originally submitted by Brent McKee - wpatoday.org on February 19, 2015.
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