Wyomissing Area Junior-Senior High School – Wyomissing PA

City:
Wyomissing, PA

Site Type:
Education and Health, Schools

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding

Started:
1938

Completed:
1939

Designer:
Charles H. Muhlenberg

Description

“The oldest section of the high school was begun in 1938 and opened to students in September 1939. …

The federal Public Works Administration under President Franklin D. Roosevelt funded 45 percent of the school’s $600,000 cost. Designed by architect and Wyomissing resident Charles H. Muhlenberg, it featured the classic architectural elements popular at the time. …

[T]he library’s murals depicting the industrial history of the county, painted by Berks County artist Ralph D. Dunkelberger. The murals were funded by Ferdinand Thun and Henry Janssen, founders of Wyomissing Industries, which included Textile Machine Works, Narrow Fabric and Berkshire Knitting Mills. The partners also donated the building site at 630 Evans Ave.

Source notes

Reading Eagle: "Floor Plans: They don't build schools like this anymore," Sept. 13, 2017

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on February 18, 2018.

Location Info


630 Evans Ave.
Wyomissing PA, PA 19610

Coordinates: 40.324259, -75.971496

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