- City:
- Massena, NY
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, City and Town Halls
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding
- Started:
- 1938
- Completed:
- 1939
Description
Massena’s historic town hall received extensive improvements and a facelift, courtesy the federal Public Works Administration (PWA). “The interior was completely remodeled and the front changed in 1938 and 1939 under a PWA project.” (Massena Observer)
The PWA provided a grant of $50,152 for the project, whose total cost was $112,774. Construction occurred between Oct. 1938 and May 1939.
PWA Docket No. NY W1508.
Source notes
Massena Observer: https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84031311/1942-02-27/ed-1/seq-51.pdf 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 26.Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on August 18, 2016.
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