- City:
- Logan, UT
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Colleges and Universities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding
- Designer:
- Leslie Hodgson & Myrl McClenahan
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Unknown
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Public Works Administration (PWA) funded the construction of the Home Economics building at the Utah State University.
The structure was built in 1935-36 and designed by Leslie Hodgson & Myrl McClenahan. It is a two story, yellow brick, Moderne structure with bas-relief columns between every set of windows, white decorative elements capping the columns, and a slightly projecting entrance with somewhat gothic windows over the doors.
According to a USU Historical Buildings guide, “On October 18, 1933 the federal Public Works Administrator announced allotments in excess of ten million dollars for non-federal projects. As part of the allotment given to the state of Utah, was the sum of $325,000 to build the home economics and union building.”
The building is presently known as the Family Life Building.
Source notes
Utah State University Historical Buildings, Facilities Planning, (https://www.usu.edu/facilities/files/Historical_significance_document.pdf), accessed January 19, 2018.
National Archives Record Group 135-SAR
http://utahcfa.org/project/family-life-building
Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on January 21, 2018.
Additional contributions by Richard Walker.
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