• Muddy Pond Improvements - Canton MA
    The WPA worked to improve the water supply of the town of Stoughton, Mass. Muddy Pond is located within neighboring Canton. "The Muddy Pond projects which has been going on now for over a year to improve the town’s water supply has just received an additional $17,500 from the Federal Government for the completion of the task, which may be complete sometime in December . There are approximately 40 men at work on that project." Aerial imagery suggests that Muddy Pond may effectively no longer exist.
  • Post Office (former) - Stoughton MA
    This former post office building was constructed by the Treasury in 1937. It is now privately owned. The post office originally contained a Section of Fine Arts mural entitled "A Massachusetts Countryside" painted by Jean Watson in 1940. "The mural was removed from the old post office in 1986 when a new one was completed. It hung in the town hall until 1990 but during renovations of the town hall was actually placed in the trash by the contractors. The president of the historical society saved the mural from the trash and has stored the mural in the attic of his shop...
  • Prospect Street Sidewalk - Stoughton MA
    The WPA built sidewalks in the town of Stoughton, Mass. "The sidewalk project is expected to be completed about October 1 . The sidewalk crew has 14 men and as soon as the Sumer Street sidewalk is finished they will build a new sidewalk on the southerly side of Winter Street from Summer to Water Streets, a distance of 840 feet. From Winter Street they will go to Prospect Street, where they will put in a new sidewalk on the westerly side of the street from Boylston to Seaver Streets, a distance of 1,930 feet."
  • Railroad Avenue Reconstruction - Stoughton MA
    A 1939 article cited work the WPA had been accomplishing in Stoughton, Mass. "They just completed the rebuilding of railroad from Washington Street to the railroad ..."
  • Walnut Court Reconstruction - Stoughton MA
    A 1939 article cited work the WPA had been accomplishing in Stoughton, Mass. "They ... are now about to start the finishing work on laying out and rebuilding of Walnut Court as a town way. The street has been widened, tons of stone have been dug out and all that remains is the filling of holes and getting the top surface ready for the tar, which when applied and covered will put that piece of highway in fine condition."
  • Water Mains - Stoughton MA
    A 1939 article cited work the WPA had been accomplishing in Stoughton, Mass. "The water main projects are employing upwards of 30 men and this project has given steady work to a similar number of men and a few more since last spring."
  • Winter Street Sidewalk - Stoughton MA
    The WPA built sidewalks in the town of Stoughton, Mass. "The sidewalk project is expected to be completed about October 1 . The sidewalk crew has 14 men and as soon as the Sumer Street sidewalk is finished they will build a new sidewalk on the southerly side of Winter Street from Summer to Water Streets, a distance of 840 feet. From Winter Street they will go to Prospect Street, where they will put in a new sidewalk on the westerly side of the street from Boylston to Seaver Streets, a distance of 1,930 feet."