- City:
- Denton, TX
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Colleges and Universities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding, Work Relief Programs, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC), Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Description
Multiple New Deal agencies, including the Public Works Administration (P.W.A.), Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.), were involved in dramatically developing and transforming what was then the North Texas State Teacher’s College (now University of North Texas – Denton TX) in Denton. Federal assistance was responsible for several new buildings on campus in addition to other infrastructural developments.
Source notes
"Building the New Deal: Federal Construction on College Campuses in 1930s Texas," by Kaitlyn Waynen https://blogs.library.unt.edu/unt125/2015/08/17/public-works-administration-buildings-on-campus/ https://blogs.library.unt.edu/unt125/2016/07/11/early-dorms/Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on May 10, 2017.
At this Location:
- Marquis Hall (UNT) - Denton TX
- Sycamore Hall (UNT) - Denton TX
- Orchestra Hall (UNT; demolished) - Denton TX
- Hospital (demolished) Addition (UNT) - Denton TX
- Chilton Hall (UNT) - Denton TX
- Terrill Hall (UNT) - Denton TX
- Home Management House (UNT; demolished) - Denton TX
- Power Plant Tunnels (UNT) - Denton TX
- Sewers (UNT) - Denton TX
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