North Carolina School Construction Projects: 1949 (including a cannery)
In the late 1940s North Carolina faced an "acute deficiency" in its public school buildings. To address this problem the Federal Works Agency in 1949 completed architectural plans for 115 school building projects in 86 North Carolina communities. The projects, either new buildings or additions to present structures, would cost an estimated $15.4 million. Here are the Caswell County projects: Yanceyville school building addition: $57,870 [school not identified]
Prospect Hill school building addition: $112,095
Providence school building addition: $48,800
Solomon Lea school building addition: $67,462
Anderson school building addition: $87,829
Archibald Murphey gymnasium-vocational building: $102,419
Bartlett Yancey School gymnasium-vocational building and cannery: $198,525
Caswell County school bus garage: $21,500
Cherry Grove School building addition: $65,270
Cobb Memorial School building addition: $135,693
In addition to these federally funded projects the North Carolina General Assembly was considering an additional $30 million to $50 million for school construction projects.
The News and Observer (Raleigh, NC), 4 February 1949.
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Photograph: Bartlett Yancey Elementary School (foreground), Bartlett Yancey High School (background). Image is not associated with the above newspaper article as both buildings were completed well before 1949.
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