Historic Village Hall Improvements – Framingham MA

City:
Framingham, MA

Site Type:
Civic Facilities, Auxiliary Civic Facilities

New Deal Agencies:
Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Started:
1934

Description

Courtesy the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (F.E.R.A.), Village Hall in Framingham was “repaired and painted, both inside and out. New plastering was installed where necessary…”

In 1937 the Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) replaced the electrical wiring, installed a cement concrete floor, and re-shingled the roof. In 1940: “The floor system of the upper Village Hall was reconstructed and strengthened by putting in new steel beams and columns, and a new oak floor was laid over the whole upper hall and entrances. The interior of the building was also painted,” by the W.P.A.

Source notes

Annual Report of the Town of Framingham for the Year Ending December 31, 1934 (pg. 244).
Annual Report of the Town of Framingham for the Year Ending December 31, 1937 (pg. 297).
Annual Report of the Town of Framingham for the Year Ending December 31, 1940 (pg. 146).
Annual Report of the Town of Framingham for the Year Ending December 31, 1943 (pg. 186).

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 1, 2017.
Additional contributions by Ken Liss - Brookline Historical Society.

Location Info


2 Oak St.
Framingham, MA 01701

Coordinates: 42.301718, -71.435054

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