Description
Battle Creek, Michigan’s Wilson School was constructed as a Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) project. The P.W.A. supplied a $101,454 grant for the project, whose total cost was $228,208. Construction occurred between 1936 and 1937.
The building, later known as Wilson Academy, has since been demolished.
PWA Docket No. MI 1258-R
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 61.
Battle Creek, Enquirer, Friday, May 8, 1936 (pg. 2)
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/203866054/
Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on November 13, 2017.
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I would like informations about teachers at Willson in the 1950 and 1960 how would I get this information
A teacher by the Mrs. Westlake 6th grade