- City:
- Gainesville, FL
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Community Centers
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Federal Works Agency (FWA)
- Started:
- 1942
- Artist:
- Thelma Boltin
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The City of Gainesville purchased the Servicemen’s Center lot on December 7th, 1942. The Federal Works Agency constructed a $37,000 building with a ballroom, stage, dressing rooms, second floor reading room, three showers, three telephone booths for long distance calls, a coat check room, a 20-foot-long snack bar, and a kitchen with a ten-burner stove. A $420,000 renovation took place in 2000.
Today, the building serves as a voting Precinct and used for various community meetings and gatherings.
Source notes
State of Florida Historical Marker.
Site originally submitted by Kathleen Pagan on June 11, 2019.
Site Details
| Federal Cost |
|---|
| $37000 |
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