• Gymnasium - Elizabethtown NC
    The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed a gymnasium in Elizabethtown, North Carolina in 1939-40. Living New Deal believes this to be the facility on King Street that now houses the Bladen County Recreation Department.
  • Water System - Elizabethtown NC
    A substantial waterworks construction project in Elizabethtown, North Carolina was enabled by federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds during the Great Depression. The PWA provided an $36,000 loan and $13,544 outright grant to the community for the project, whose total cost was $50,649. Construction occurred between July 1934 and June 1935. PWA Docket No. NC 5048.