- City:
- Tallahassee, FL
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding
Description
Sometimes mis-attributed to the WPA, Leon High School was constructed with federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. “The builder was Thomas Monk, who built dozens of high schools and commercial buildings around Florida, including the Monk Building in downtown Bradenton …”
PWA Docket No. W1024
Source notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_High_School 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 90.Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on December 12, 2016.
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