Date added: August 20, 2023; Modified: August 20, 2023
The Civil Works Administration (CWA) undertook a project to install a new floor and steps at what was then the junior high school in Northumberland, Pennsylvania. The location and status of this facility is unknown to Living New Deal, though… read more
Date added: August 20, 2023; Modified: August 20, 2023
The Civil Works Administration (CWA) undertook a project to paint and install new steps at what was then the high school in Northumberland, Pennsylvania. The location and status of this facility is unknown to Living New Deal, though we believe… read more
Date added: August 20, 2023
The Civil Works Administration (CWA) undertook a modest project to paint the since-demolished Charles Steele School in Northumberland, Pennsylvania. The school had been located at the western corner of Orange St. and 6th St.
Date added: September 28, 2014; Modified: April 11, 2017
The historic post office building in Northumberland, Pennsylvania was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds and opened in 1941. The building, which houses a New Deal bas relief sculpture in its lobby, is still in use today.
Date added: September 28, 2014; Modified: September 28, 2014
The bas relief sculpture that hangs in the lobby of the Northumberland, Pennsylvania post office is entitled “Dr. Joseph Priestley.” Carved from red mahogany, the work was created by Dina Melicov and installed at the post office in 1942.