- City:
- Westerly, RI
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1937
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Westerly High School was constructed as a federal Public Works Administration (PWA) project. Construction occurred between February 1936 and October 1937. The PWA supplied a $201,807 grant; the total cost of the project was $449,156. The New Deal structure has since been added to.
(PWA Docket No. RI [W]1075)
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 40.Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on November 3, 2014.
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