Fairbanks City Hall (Fairbanks, Alaska) | NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, Art Deco (architecture), New Deal Depression Relief Project [1933-1945]

 NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, city hall, Art Deco (architecture), New Deal Depression Relief Project [1933-1945]

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800 Cushman Street
Fairbanks, Alaska 99701
www.ci.fairbanks.ak.us/

Historic former school building (now City Hall) listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Built: 1934
Architect: Tourtellotte & Hummel of Portland, OR
Expanded: 1939 (south addition); 1948 (northwest addition)
Architectural style: Art Deco
Area: 1.84 acres
Stories: 3
Also known as: Main School; Old Main
Date added to NRHP: 9/27/1990
Current occupant: Fairbanks City Hall
Notes: The 1939 addition to the school was completed by the Public Works Administration, a New Deal program that operated between 1933 and 1944. The program provided work in the form of construction projects for unemployed men during the Great Depression.