- City:
- Tucson, AZ
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Colleges and Universities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding
- Completed:
- 1937
- Designer:
- Roy Place
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Public Works Administration funded the construction of Gila Residence Hall at the University of Arizona at Tucson. The building served as a women’s dormitory. The structure was designed by Roy Place and built in 1937. It was renovated in 1988 and added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Source notes
National Archives Record Group 69-N
Gila Residence Hall: (https://directory.arizona.edu/buildings/gila-residence-hall), accessed December 15, 2017.
National Register of Historic Places, University of Arizona at Tucson, The University of Arizona Historic Campus District, (https://npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/86001254.pdf), accessed December, 2017.
Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on December 17, 2017.
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