- City:
- Ipswich, MA
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Civic Facilities, Schools, City and Town Halls
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding
- Started:
- 1935
- Completed:
- 1937
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Ipswich’s historic town hall building was originally constructed as the community’s high school between 1935 and 1937. The Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) supplied a $105,075 grant for the school’s construction, whose total cost was $265,575. Construction occurred between Dec. 1935 and Feb. 1937.
PWA Docket No. MA W1068
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 11.
A photographic and chronological history of the Ipswich Schools, accessed September 22, 2018.
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on August 25, 2016.
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Paul Chandler
An original copy of the Declaration of Independence is housed inside and may be seen by appointment. Currently, renovations inside have meant that it cannot be viewed.