Early Construction of the PA Liquor Control Building (c1940)

In 1938 the State announced the LCB building would be constructed on the block bound by Forster, Capital, Boas, and James Streets. The Public Works Administration would fund part of the $1.1 million cost.

The LCB building was "finished" on the west elevation because the long-range plan was to demolish buildings on Third Street for the official entrance. Until abandoned, that plan caused Dr. J. Horace McFarland and the State Art Commission to oppose the site.