- City:
- Bellingham, WA
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
Description
"The Bellingham High School is one of the largest and finest structures of this type erected recently in northwest Washington. It is 3 stories in height with sufficient basement to take care of the heating system. It provides 20 standard classrooms; laboratories for chemistry, physics, biology, and agriculture; a woodworking shop; a machine shop; an automobile repair shop; rooms for music, arts and crafts, mechanical drawing, domestic science, office practice, typing, and stenography; a band and orchestra room; lunchrooms; a boys' gymnasium; a girls' gymnasium; an auditorium with a stage; a library; conference rooms; study rooms; and administrative offices.
The construction is entirely reinforced concrete with a stucco finish on the exterior walls. The project was completed in May 1938 at a construction cost of $757,678 and a project cost of $856,898."
Source notes
C.W. Short and R. Stanley-Brown. "Public Buildings: A Survey of Architecture of Projects Constructed by Federal and Other Governmental Bodies Between the Years 1933 and 1939 with the Assistance of the Public Works Administration." (1939). https://bellingham.bellinghamschools.org/bhs-historySite Details
Total Cost |
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$856,898.00 |
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This building had a major renovation in 1999-2000. Information here: https://www.djc.com/special/99top20/8.html
Hannah, thanks very much for the update.
My grandfather (John Henrikson) and partner(Alstrom ) were original building contractors