Georgia Tech: Drawing Building – Atlanta GA

City:
Atlanta, GA

Site Type:
Education and Health, Colleges and Universities

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Started:
1937

Description

Georgia Tech’s Engineering / Mechanical Drawing Building was constructed during the Great Depression. Located on Cherry Street, the building was located north of the Guggenheim School of Aeronautics by Mechanical Engineering Building. Its current status is unknown to Living New Deal.

“The Federal Government continued its support of Tech by assisting the Board of Regents in 1937 with the construction of the Civil Engineering Building and the Mechanical Engineering Drawing Building. This $275,000 project allowed three departments to move out of the Mechanical Engineering Building and the Electrical Engineering Building. It also increased Tech’s research capability through a Hydraulics and Highway laboratory in the basement of the Civil Engineering Building.”

Source notes

The Architectural Development of Georgia Tech: A Thesis Presented To The Faculty of the Division of Graduate Studies, by Warren E. Drury III. June 1984 (pg. 176) https://group20.pbworks.com/f/drury_warren_e_198405_ms_277217.pdf

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 15, 2015.

Location Info


Georgia Tech
Atlanta, GA 30332

Coordinates: 33.775, -84.396

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