|
Use your browser's back button to return to the query.
| ID Number |
88001382 |
| Historic Name |
COALGATE SCHOOL GYMNASIUM-AUDITORIUM |
| Description of Significance |
CONSTRUCTED IN 1936, THIS GYM/AUDITORIUM SERVED NOT ONLY THE EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, BUT ITS CONSTRUCTION SERVED TO PROVIDE IMPORTANT WAGES TO UNEMPLOYED WORKERS IN THIS COAL MINING AREA. COAL COUNTY WAS HARD HIT BY THE DEPRESSION AND UNEMPLOYMENT WAS RAMPANT; WPA PROJECTS SUCH AS THIS WERE AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THE ECONOMY OF THE AREA IN THE 1930S. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 9/8/88. |
| Current Name |
|
| Address |
FOX & FREY STREETS |
| City |
COALGATE |
| County |
COAL |
| Lot |
10 |
| Block |
133 |
| Current Section |
|
| Township |
|
| Range |
|
| Type |
BUILDING |
| Historic Function |
EDUCATION |
| Current Function |
EDUCATION |
| Area Significance 1 |
ECONOMICS |
| Area Significance 2 |
ARCHITECTURE |
| Date Prepared |
1988 |
| Year Built |
1936 |
| Original Site |
YES |
| Architect/Builder |
WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION, BUILDER |
| Architectural Style |
WPA STANDARDIZED STYLE |
| Roof Material |
ASPHALT |
| Wall Material |
STONE |
| Window Material |
WOOD |
| Door Material |
WOOD |
| Decorative Details |
ROUND ARCH ENTRY |
| Condition |
FAIR |
| Comments |
|
| Restricted |
N |
|