- City:
- State College, PA
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Colleges and Universities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Started:
- 1938
- Designer:
- Charles Klauder
Description
Pennsylvania State University’s Electrical Engineering West was one of a dozen buildings constructed on the campus during the Great Depression as part of a massive construction project enabled by the federal Public Works Administration (PWA). The building is still in use today.
Source notes
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 36. "History of University Park Campus"; accessed 11/30/14: https://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/digital/upchc/history.htmlSite originally submitted by Evan Kalish on November 30, 2014.
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