USP Terre Haute
Source: (https://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/thp/THP_lrg.jpg) Public Domain.
New Deal Agencies: Public Works Administration (PWA)
Started: 1938
Completed: 1940
Designers: Alfred Hopkins and Associates
Quality of Information: Good
Site Survival: Extant
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Description
United States Penitentiary Terre Haute was built between 1938 and 1940. The Terre Haute Chamber of Commerce raised $50,000 to buy the land. The Public Works Administration largely funded the $3,000,000 cost for the facility. It took 125,000 person-days to build the main complex and another 25,000 person-days for the utilities and grounds.
Source notes
Project originally submitted by Larry Moore on April 9, 2018.