- City:
- Laramie, WY
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Colleges and Universities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1940
- Completed:
- 1941
- Designer:
- Wilbur Hitchcock
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Works Progress Administration conducted work on women’s dormitories at the University of Wyoming in Laramie. The structure was designed in Collegiate Gothic style by Wilbur Hitchcock. Today the building serves as Knight Hall and houses Student Services.
Source notes
National Archives Record Group 69-N
American Heritage Center Digital Collections: (https://digitalcollections.uwyo.edu/luna/servlet/detail/uwydbuwy~1~1~6433~100779:University-of-Wyoming-Knight-Hall?qvq=q:knight%2Bhall&mi=0&trs=148), accessed March 30, 2018.
State Historic Preservation Office, Wyoming: (https://wyoshpo.state.wy.us/Schools/History/UWCC.aspx), accessed March 30, 2018.
Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on March 30, 2018.
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