- City:
- Northumberland, PA
- Site Type:
- Schools, Education and Health
- New Deal Agencies:
- Civil Works Administration (CWA), Work Relief Programs
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
The Civil Works Administration (CWA) undertook a modest project to paint the since-demolished Charles Steele School in Northumberland, Pennsylvania. The school had been located at the western corner of Orange St. and 6th St.
Source notes
"School Board Hears of CWA Projects Here," The Sunbury Item, Feb. 6, 1934 (pg. 6): https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/511983904/
USGS map: https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/img4/ht_icons/overlay/PA/PA_Northumberland_171508_1965_24000_geo.jpg
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on August 20, 2023.
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Rose
I thought they had made that into apartments years ago..