Library – Horton KS

City:
Horton, KS

Site Type:
Libraries, Education and Health

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding

Started:
1938

Completed:
1938

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

The historic Horton Public Library building in Horton, Kansas was constructed as a federal Public Works Administration (PWA) project. The PWA supplied a $10,273 grant for the project, whose total cost was $22,838. Construction occurred between Aug. and Dec. 1938.

PWA Docket No. Kan. [W]1348

Source notes

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 168.

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on July 27, 2023.

Location Info


809 1st Ave E
Horton, KS 66439

Coordinates: 39.660255, -95.526087

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