• CCC Camp Fechner - Danbury CT
    The Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.)'s Camp Fechner, which housed Company #2102 at Wooster Mountain State Park in Danbury, Connecticut, conducted the following improvement and development work: "removal and burning of over 80,000 elm trees to control Dutch Elm Disease; construction of roads; forest fire suppression and prevention; forestry work; control the Pine Shoot Moth; assistance in the lower Connecticut River Valley after the Flood of 1936." The camp operated from Sept. 12, 1935 to May 24, 1937.
  • Danbury Municipal Airport Development - Danbury CT
    The Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) conducted a large development / improvement program at Danbury Municipal Airport. Official Project Number: 165‐1‐15‐167 Total project cost: $1,202,620.00 Sponsor: Town of Danbury
  • Federal Correctional Institution - Danbury CT
    The Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, Connecticut was constructed with Treasury Department funds and completed in 1940. The facility is still in use today.
  • High School (former) Addition - Danbury CT
    A high school addition project was undertaken in Danbury as a federal Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) project. Living New Deal believes this to be Danbury's former high school, now known as White Hall or Ives Concert Hall. Located at the northeast corner of White Street and 5th Avenue, the building was originally constructed in 1925. The P.W.A. supplied a $52,600 grant for the project, whose total cost was $583,095. Construction occurred between Aug. 1938 and Apr. 1939. P.W.A. Docket No. CT 1258
  • John Oliver Memorial Sewer Plant - Danbury CT
    A water disposal plant was constructed in Danbury, Connecticut as a result of multiple federal Public Works Administration (P.W.A.)-sponsored projects. First, the P.W.A. supplied a $53,000 grant for a project whose total cost was $217,250. Construction occurred between Dec. 1934 and Oct. 1935. (P.W.A. Docket No. CT 2690.) Second, the P.W.A. supplied a $82,251 grant for a project whose total cost was $183,573. Construction occurred between Dec. 1935 and Dec. 1936. (P.W.A. Docket No. CT 1061.) Historic maps suggest that the plant was built at the same location as it exists today, albeit with a modified footprint. Notably, the plant was renamed...
  • South Street Elementary School - Danbury CT
    A school construction project was undertaken in Danbury as a federal Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) project. Living New Deal believes this to be South Street Elementary School. The original structure is located behind a newer addition to the facility. The P.W.A. supplied a $15,468 grant for the project, whose total cost was $34,918. Construction occurred between Jan. 1937 and Jan. 1938. P.W.A. Docket No. CT 1276
  • Waterworks Development - Danbury CT
    A waterworks improvement project was undertaken as a federal Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) project. The P.W.A. supplied a $256,500 grant for the project, whose total cost was $583,095. Construction occurred between May 1936 and Jun. 1937. P.W.A. Docket No. CT 1173