Westbrook Elementary School – Bethesda MD

City:
Bethesda, MD

Site Type:
Education and Health, Schools

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

Description

“According to a Maryland Historical Trust report, “Westbrook Elementary School (1939) is an important architectural landmark in the history of Montgomery County and its public school. It is the only Federal Public Works school in the county. A plaque in the school’s main hall identifies the building as a project of the Federal Works Agency, Public Works Administration and includes the names John M. Carmody, Federal Works Agency and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, President of the United States.” Also, according to the school’s history page (https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/westbrookes/about/westbrookhistory.aspx) Westbrook was built with the assistance of WPA labor.”

Source notes

https://mht.maryland.gov/secure/medusa/PDF/Montgomery/M;%2026-26-1.pdf

Location Info


5110 Allan Terrace
Bethesda, MD 20816

Location notes:

Coordinates: 38.959747, -77.10315

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