Second Ward School (former) Improvements – Jim Thorpe PA

City:
Jim Thorpe, PA

Site Type:
Schools, Education and Health

New Deal Agencies:
Civil Works Administration (CWA), Work Relief Programs

Completed:
1934

Description

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) completed a project “painting the second ward school building,” in Mauch Chunk (now Jim Thorpe), Pennsylvania in Jan. 1934. The second ward of the city was known as Upper Mauch Chunk. The location and status of the school is unknown to Living New Deal.

Source notes

"SHORT ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ALL," Mauch Chunk Times-News, Jan. 22, 1934 (pg. 1): https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/278475995/

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on August 18, 2023.

Location Info

Jim Thorpe, PA

Location notes: Approx. location marker

Coordinates: 40.8669, -75.7413

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