Vocational School Gymnasium – New Bedford MA

City:
New Bedford, MA

Site Type:
Education and Health, Schools, Gymnasiums

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

Description

Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) labor constructed a gym for the former vocational school in New Bedford, Massachusetts. WPA Bulletin:

Building materials salvaged from WPA Demolition Projects are used in the New Bedford WPA construction of the Vocational School Gymnasium. Many skilled workmen are busy on this project.

The location and status of the facility is unknown to Living New Deal.

Source notes

Works Progress Bulletin, Massachusetts: Sept. 7, 1936 (pg. 2) https://archive.org/details/worksprogressbul3637unit

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 14, 2017.

Location Info


1121 Ashley Blvd.
New Bedford, MA

Location notes: Site of current vocational school

Coordinates: 41.69079, -70.93732

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