Town Hall – Johnston RI

City:
Johnston, RI

Site Type:
Civic Facilities, City and Town Halls

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

Started:
1938

Completed:
1939

Description

Johnston, Rhode Island’s Town Hall was constructed as a federal Public Works Administration (PWA) project between October 1938 and October 1939. The PWA supplied a $27,000 grant; the total cost of the project was $55,501.

(PWA Docket No. RI [X]1170)

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 40.

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on November 3, 2014.

Location Info


1385 Hartford Ave.
Johnston, RI 02919

Coordinates: 41.824346, -71.498762

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