Visitacion Nursery School – San Francisco CA

City:
San Francisco, CA

Site Type:
Education and Health, Schools

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

Description

The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed San Francisco’s old Visitacion Nursery School during the Great Depression. The agency:

Built a new community center with facilities for a nursery school.–Healy, p.72.

Source notes

Healy, Clyde E. San Francisco Improved: Report of Clyde E. Healy, Assistant City Engineer - City of San Francisco and Coordinator of W.P.A. Projects, Period October 10, 1935 to August 31, 1939. San Francisco : [s.n.]., 1939.

Location Info


Visitacion Ave. and Schwerin St.
San Francisco, CA 94134
San Francisco County

Location notes: This marker is set at the current Visitacion Valley Children's Center at 325 Leland Ave. The facility resides on the same block as Visitacion Valley Park/Playground and Visitacion Valley School.

Coordinates: 37.7129, -122.4093

Site Details

Total Cost
$16,133.00

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