Appalachian State University: Watson-Brumit Hall (old Hospital) - Boone NC

City:: Boone, NC
Site Type:: Hospitals and Clinics, Education and Health, Colleges and Universities
New Deal Agencies:: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
Started:: 1939
Completed:: 1940
Site Survival:: No Longer Extant

Description

During the Great Depression the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) and Work Projects Administration (WPA) helped to develop and complete the old Watauga County Hospital, whose construction had begun at the beginning of the 1930s. The building was later known at Appalachian State University’s Founders Hall, and was dedicated as Watson-Brumit Hall on Sept. 18, 2021.

Source notes

"Boondoggling Boomerangs and Blesses," The News and Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, June 04, 1939 (pg. 11): https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/651562494/

https://collections.library.appstate.edu/collections/university-archives-records-management-services/timelines

Emergency Relief in North Carolina. A Record of the Development and the Activities of the North Carolina Emergency Relief Administration, 1932-1935. North Carolina Emergency Relief Commission, State administrator, Mrs. Thomas O'Berry (pg. 532): https://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/emergencyrelief/emergencyrelief.html (accessed Jun. 22, 2022)

https://today.appstate.edu/2021/10/07/watson-brumit (accessed Mar. 30, 2023)

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on June 22, 2022.