Santaquin Junior High School | |
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| Location | 75 W. 100 South, Santaquin, Utah |
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| Coordinates | 39°58′26″N111°46′26″W / 39.97389°N 111.77389°W Coordinates: 39°58′26″N111°46′26″W / 39.97389°N 111.77389°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1935 |
| Architectural style | PWA Moderne, Other |
| MPS | Public Works Buildings TR |
| NRHP reference # | 85000817 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 1, 1985 |
The Santaquin Junior High School, located at 75 W. 100 South in Santaquin, Utah, United States, was built in 1935 as a Public Works Administration (PWA) project. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1]
Santaquin is a city in Utah and Juab counties in the U.S. state of Utah. It is part of the Provo–Orem metropolitan area. The population was 9,128 at the 2010 census and an estimated 12,274 in 2018.
Public Works Administration (PWA), part of the New Deal of 1933, was a large-scale public works construction agency in the United States headed by Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes. It was created by the National Industrial Recovery Act in June 1933 in response to the Great Depression. It built large-scale public works such as dams, bridges, hospitals, and schools. Its goals were to spend $3.3 billion in the first year, and $6 billion in all, to provide employment, stabilize purchasing power, and help revive the economy. Most of the spending came in two waves in 1933-35, and again in 1938. Originally called the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, it was renamed the Public Works Administration in 1935 and shut down in 1944.
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred in preserving the property.
It is a two-story brick school. Additions during c.1950–60, while not compatible with its PWA Moderne original section, are on the side and rear and do not detract greatly from the architectural appearance. [2]
PWA Moderne is an architectural style of many buildings in the United States completed between 1933 and 1944, during and shortly after the Great Depression as part of relief projects sponsored by the Public Works Administration (PWA) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
