• Post Office - Negaunee MI
    The historic post office in Negaunee, Michigan was constructed in 1937-8 with Treasury Department funds. The building is still in service.
  • School Addition - Negaunee MI
    The Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) enabled a large school addition project in Negaunee, Michigan. The P.W.A. supplied a grant of $108,000 for the project, whose total cost was $242,594. Construction occurred between 1936 and 1937. Living New Deal believes the building in question to be that which presently serves as Negaunee Middle School. P.W.A. Docket No. MI 1018
  • Silver Street Underpass - Negaunee MI
    The grade separation underpass that brings Silver Street under what is now Rail Street in Negaunee MI was constructed as a joint federal-state project in 1936. Construction was undertaken as part of a federal Grade Crossing Project.   The plaque on site states that the project was part of the U.S. Works Program, but that seems to be a mistake.  It was likely paid for either by the Public Works Administration (PWA) or Bureau of Public Roads (BPR). Plaque text: U. S. Works Program Grade Crossing Project X6 of 52-9-2 WPGM 374 A   Built Jointly by Federal Government and State Highway Department   with cooperation of Duluth South Short &...