- City:
- Manhattan, KS
- Site Type:
- Colleges and Universities, Education and Health
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Quality of Information:
- Minimal
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Work projects Administration (WPA) worked to construct the Military Science Building at Kansas State University in Manhattan. It was renamed Gen. Richard B. Myers Hall in 2006. “The building is home to K-State’s Army and Air Force ROTC programs, and is the only building on campus that was built during World War II.”
WPA Project No. 165-1-82-218 Cost: $92,595. Sponsor: War Department
Source notes
Nationwide Context, Inventory, and Heritage Assessment of Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps Resources on Department of Defense Installations, July 2009 (page C-58).
https://www.kstatecollegian.com/2006/11/09/renaming-of-military-science-building-to-richard-b-myers-hall/ (accessed Jul. 26, 2023)
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on July 26, 2023.
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