- City:
- Thalia, TX
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1936
- Designer:
- O. R. Walker
- Contractor:
- Naylor and Reed
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Unknown
Description
Public Works Administration projects W1138 and W1222 were approved for a school and school addition in Thalia. A grant of $12,272 was approved toward the estimated $27,272 cost on 9/25/1935. Construction began 3/18/1936 and was completed 11/3/1936. Bids were advertised in November for the construction of auditorium, gymnasium, home economics and manual training building. A bond issue was passed 63-20 by the Thalia voters in August. The proposed building was to be built of brick and tile. The contract for construction was awarded to Naylor and Reid of Wichita Falls. O. R. Walker of Lubbock was the architect. The initial proposal included a combination gymnasium and auditorium, but the plan to convert the existing auditorium to classrooms was scrapped. The building is extant, but abandoned and in deteriorating condition.
Source notes
Report No. 5. Status of Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects. Region No. 5 Texas. (January 3, 1940). Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works Projects Division, p. 184.
Thalia School District to Have New Building. (Nov. 15, 1935). Wichita Daily Times, p. 16.
Thalia School Work Ordered. (Jan 10, 1936). Wichita Falls Record News, p. 16.
Thalia School Completed. (Aug 5, 1936). Wichita Daily Times, p. 12.
Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on January 16, 2022.
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