- City:
- La Grange, GA
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Courthouses (State & Local)
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
Description
Troup County’s Juvenile Courthouse in La Grange, Georgia was constructed as the Troup County Courthouse during the Great Depression with federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds.
The PWA supplied a $112,284 grant for the project, whose final cost was $292,939. Construction occurred between September 1938 and December 1939.
PWA Docket No. W1352
Source notes
National Archives: 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 96. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Troup_County,_GeorgiaSite originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 15, 2015.
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