World War Memorial Building - Columbia SC

City:: Columbia, SC
Site Type:: Civic Facilities, Monuments and Memorials
New Deal Agencies:: Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
Completed:: 1936
Designer:: Lafaye & Lafaye

Description

The World War Memorial Building was constructed with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. Construction largely occurred during 1935 though the building was completed in 1936.

The PWA provided a grant of $33,086 for the building’s construction, which was completed at a cost of $120,240.

(PWA Docket No. SC 5732)

Source notes

https://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/richland/S10817740106/S10817740106.pdf (page 9) 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 111.

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on September 12, 2014.