Neal A. Melick

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Neal A. Melick was an engineer who worked for the United States federal government. Melick was the supervising engineer for many federal construction projects. He is credited with a number of buildings now listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, often in conjunction with Louis A. Simon serving as supervising architect.

During the World War II war-time rearrangements of public efforts under the Federal Works Agency (FWA), Melick was the superintendent of construction of U.S. public buildings. [1]

His works include:

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References

  1. ↑ "Defense Housing is Unified by FWA; Three Aides in Washington and Six Regional Chiefs to Be Responsible for Job". New York Times. February 4, 1942.
  2. ↑ http://historical.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=6026&lotNo=35023
  3. ↑ Lehman College Art Gallery. The Bronx: 569 Grand Concourse at northeast corner of E. 149th Street.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  5. ↑ United States Post Office Construction in Wisconsin MPS
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