Lake Worth Sites

Lake Worth, Florida's old Lake Worth Bridge—which carried what is now Rt. 802 over the Lake Worth Lagoon (part of the Intracoastal Waterway)—was constructed with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $138,000 loan and $112,909 grant for the project, whose total cost was $263,428. The draw bridge was built as a toll bridge. Construction occurred between August 1936 and December 1937. The bridge has since been demolished and replaced. The Palm Beach Post, Aug. 30, 1936: When workmen start in Monday morning to build a new bridge across Lake Worth, it will mark the beginning...

The historic post office in Lake Worth, Florida was constructed in 1940 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building is still in service.

The "Settler Fighting Alligator in Rowboat" mural was installed at the Lake Worth Post Office Mural. According to the Palm Beach Post: "It was painted by Tampa artist Joseph D. Myers under a different program that the Federal Works Agency’s Public Buildings Administration commissioned in 1941. Artists submitted designs anonymously to an advisory panel, comprising a University of Florida architecture teacher and two Florida mural artists. The panel selected Tampa artist Joseph D. Myers, giving him a first prize of $1,000. According to materials supplied by Myers’ family, Myers and the federal bureaucrat in charge of the program squabbled for months over the...