- City:
- Preston, ID
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Courthouses (State & Local)
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA), Federal Works Agency (FWA)
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Public Works Administration (PWA) funded the construction of a new courthouse for Franklin County in Preston, Idaho, in 1939.
The Franklin County Courthouse is a fine example of late Moderne architecture, a clean white cube with bas-relief columns and otherwise minimal exterior decoration.
Source notes
PWA plaque on the building (in 1939 the PWA was moved into the Federal Works Agency in a federal reorganization)
Site originally submitted by Joan Greer on October 8, 2023.
Additional contributions by Richard Walker.
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