- City:
- Boone, NC
- Site Type:
- Colleges and Universities, Education and Health
- New Deal Agency:
- Work Relief Programs
- Completed:
- 1934
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) constructed a men’s gymnasium at what was then known as Appalachian State Teachers College (A.S.T.C.). Work was completed in 1934.
The facility, which was located by the site of the current Varsity Gym, has been demolished.
Source notes
"Boondoggling Boomerangs and Blesses," The News and Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, June 04, 1939 (pg. 11): https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/651562494/
https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3904bm.g3904bm_g063831947/?sp=3
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on June 22, 2022.
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