- City:
- Downey, ID
- Site Type:
- Schools, Education and Health
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Started:
- 1939
- Completed:
- 1939
- Designer:
- Sundberg and Sundberg
- Contractor:
- J.W. Brennan
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Public Works Administration (PWA) financed the construction of the Downey Grade School in 1939. The school building is a long, single-story, brick Moderne (Art Deco) structure.
The former school is now a private assisted living facility called “Whispering Pines”.
Source notes
PWA plaque at entrance of the building
Site originally submitted by Joan Greer on October 8, 2023.
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