- City:
- Nashville, TN
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Started:
- 1935
- Completed:
- 1937
- Designer:
- Donald Southgate
- Marked:
- Yes
Description
West End Middle School in Nashville, Tennessee was originally erected as a High School with the assistance of funds provided by the Public Works Administration (PWA). West End was constructed in Colonial Revival style, with 35 classrooms, 8 of which were science labs. The “horizontal, three-story central block” and “soaring 122-foot high cupola” was described as a west Nashville landmark (Van West, 2001, p. 103). The building also contained a library, cafeteria, gymnasium, and auditorium with 63×28 foot stage. It was converted to use as a middle school in recent years.
Source notes
Van West, C. (2001). Tennessee’s New Deal Landscape: A Guidebook. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press.Site originally submitted by Susan C. Allen on December 18, 2014.
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Johnny whitaker
Interested in the West High School info and photos
Especially the title phot
Thank you