Fort Peck Indian Boarding School, Employee's Quarters, Southwest corner of Assiniboine Avenue and Riverside Drive, Poplar, Roosevelt County, MT
Summary
Significance: It is a contributing building to the significance of the proposed Fort Peck Indian Boarding School Historic District. It is one of two buildings within the historic district completed in 1938 under the Public Works Administration (PWA), one of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal programs. The building is an example of standardized Bureau of Indian Affairs plans for employee housing constructed by PWA funds during the late 1930s at Montana Indian reservations.
Survey number: HABS MT-70-B
Building/structure dates: 1938 Initial Construction
Tags
indians of north america
indian reservations
housing
boarding schools
poplar
peck
fort peck indian
school
employee
quarters
southwest corner
assiniboine
assiniboine avenue
riverside
drive
riverside drive
roosevelt
roosevelt county
american indians
montana
historic american buildings survey
photo
employee quarters
ultra high resolution
high resolution
library of congress
Date
1938 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Location
Poplar
,
48.11563, -105.19491
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html