- City:
- Provo, UT
- Site Type:
- Hospitals and Clinics, Education and Health, Civic Facilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1937
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Museum at the historic Utah State Hospital for the mentally handicapped was formerly the Superintendent’s Residence, which was constructed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1936-37 as part of a general improvements to the state hospital complex. That work included renovations to the Central Administration Building and a Recreational Center (now the Castle Amphitheater).
Source notes
https://npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/86000746.pdf
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on November 28, 2016.
Additional contributions by Richard A Walker.
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