- City:
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Site Type:
- Schools, Education and Health
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1937
- Designer:
- Charles W. Bier
Description
Pittsburgh’s historic Washington Trade School / Washington Education Center building was built in 1936-7 as a New Deal project: the Public Works Administration (PWA) provided a $211,689 grant for the project, whose total cost was $484,114.
“The Charles W. Bier-designed structure opened on September 1, 1937.”
It is no longer in service as a school.
PWA Docket No. PA [W]1303
Source notes
National Archives: Record Group 135: Public Works Administration; Projects Control Division; Entry 52: Indices to Non-Federal Projects; Report No. 5: Status of All Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects, page 33.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Education_Center_(Pittsburgh)
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 17, 2018.
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