South Deerfield Sites

Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) labor constructed a fire station in South Deerfield, Mass. The facility was dedicated March 31, 1937. WPA Bulletin: South Deerfield— A parade featured by an antiquated pumping outfit and horse-drawn steamer followed by modern motor equipment, was a main event at the recent dedication of the brick fire station recently completed by WPA. The new station serves Deerfield as well as this town. Since 1990, the historic site has housed Schoen Books, specializing in Judaica in all languages.

The Sunderland Bridge is a 1,177 foot deck truss bridge that carries Massachusetts’ Route 116 across the Connecticut River between the neighboring towns of South Deerfield and Sunderland. This bridge is an integral part of the Franklin County landscape, especially when tied together with its neighboring landmark, Mount Sugarloaf. The bridge was completed with Works Progress Administration funding to replace a steel girder bridge that was destroyed during a 1936 flood. The governor of Massachusetts at that time, Charles F. Hurley, and the commissioner of the Department of Public Works, William F. Callahan, hired the contracting company C.J. Maney Co. Inc. to...