- City:
- Morrisville, NY
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1937
- Designer:
- Carl W. Clark
- Contractor:
- Kraft & Detor
Description
Originally the Morrisville[-Eaton] Central School, what is now known as Edward R. Andrews Elementary School was constructed during the 1930s with federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The building was designed by Carl W. Clark of Cortland, NY; Kraft & Detor of Syracuse were the general contractors.
The PWA provided a $185,625 grant for the project, whose total cost was $414,833. Construction occurred between 1936 and 1937.
PWA Docket No. NY 1118-A.
Source notes
National Archives Record Group 135-SAR:
Prints: Photographs rejected for use in the Photographic Report to the President: “Survey of the Architecture of Completed Projects of the PWA, 1939”;
Box 14: New York State; Folder 1: Schools.
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 63.
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on July 29, 2014.
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