• Community Building - Pomona CA
    SERA Project #1E B3 737: "This project opened December 21, 1934 and consisted of the construction of a one-story frame and stucco community building with shingle roof. It also consisted of grading and landscaping the grounds around the building." The project ended on May 13, 1935.
  • Los Angeles County Fair Improvements - Pomona CA
    The Los Angeles County Fair was first held in 1922. New Deal agencies extensively improved the grounds in the 1930s. "The Improvements at the Los Angeles County Fair Grounds, W.P. No. 243, W.P. 4456, W.P. 5546, W.P. 9264, W.P. 9562 and W.P. 9740 were sponsored by the County of Los Angeles, for the construction of exhibition, recreation and service facilities and the landscaping of the grounds. The Los Angeles County Fair located in Pomona, California, the heart of the citrus belt, is one of the largest and most popular county fairs in the United States, attracting exhibitors from all over the country. Five...
  • Palomares Middle School - Pomona CA
    Construction of a one-story frame and stucco shop and classroom building, improving the roof of the main building, and general grading and ground improvements.
  • Pomona Public Library (former) - Pomona CA
    The library on this site was built in the early 1900s and expanded by the WPA in 1939. It was closed and demolished in 1965.
  • Reservoir - Pomona CA
    In the Dec. 6 1933 issue of the Daily Illustrated News; "Seventeen new county projects, under which 1400 men will be employed under the Civil Works Administration (CWA) program were approved yesterday by the county civil works committee, among them being the construction of a 5,000,000-gallon reservoir in Pomona at a cost of $99,440."
  • State Narcotic Hospital Spadra Improvements - Pomona CA
    The State Narcotic Hospital Spadra was a once separate program within the grounds of what is known today as the Lanterman Developmental Center in Pomona, CA. No records exist since the unincorporated area known as Spadra was annexed into the City of Pomona. 3 different New Deal relief agencies were involved in reconstruction efforts at this mental health facility. WPA #1E B20 810, CWA SLF #61, & SERA#S1 B1 174. Records at the Pasadena Museum of History describe New Deal work at the site: "This (WPA) project was opened January 11, 1935 and was suspended May 2, 1935 at the request of...