• Municipal Improvements - College Park MD
    According to an index of WPA projects in the National Archives, the WPA rebuilt dairy barns and developed a botanic garden in College Park. These may have been on land owned by the University of Maryland. The WPA also installed water mains in the area, all in 1935.
  • Rossborough Inn Improvements, University of Maryland - College Park MD
    Built in 1798, the Rossborough Inn is today the oldest building on what is now the campus of the University of Maryland College Park. The WPA was involved in extensive renovation and improvement of the Inn in 1937-38 including: "Improve and restore Rossborough Inn, including tearing out and rebuilding old work, altering interior, painting, constructing new additions, installing plumbing and electrical facilities."   (National Archives) "Articles in the University of Maryland archives reveal that WPA grants funded renovation of the building starting in 1938. The Dec. 14, 1937, issue of the Sun reported that the WPA approved $19,042 for renovation, and the...
  • University of Maryland - College Park MD
    According to WPA records in the National Archives, WPA labor was used in 1935-41 to: "Make improvements at the University of Maryland…by constructing agricultural buildings including barns, silos, storehouses, sheds, and similar structures, and performing appurtenant work; Make improvements at the University of Maryland at College Park…by constructing modern buildings, making additions to and remodeling existing buildings; Construct and improve buildings and facilities at the University of Maryland…includes constructing apiary, cottages, retaining walls, gateways, roads, curbs, parking spaces, and walks; installing plumbing, heating, and electrical facilities, underground electric lines, telephone cables, and campus lights; excavating; backfilling; landscaping; planting; seeding; Construct...
  • University of Maryland Buildings - College Park MD
    The PWA, in addition to the WPA, was involved in building the University of Maryland campus. From the United States Community Improvement Appraisal: "The University of Maryland has been the beneficiary of funds furnished by the United States Government through the Public Works Administration in connection with the construction of a new Women's Dormitory and an Arts and Science Building at College Park, the remodeling of a Dairy Manufacturing Building at College Park, and the reconstruction and equipping of tho old University Hospital in Baltimore for use as a Dispensary. Without the financial assistance given by the Federal Government in connection with...