Downey Grade School (former) – Downey ID

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.

Location Info


351 E Center St
Downey, ID 83234
Bannock County

Coordinates: 42.42901, -112.12003

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