• Lubbock-Cooper High School - Lubbock TX
    "In the heart of the Great Depression, five small rural elementary schools were consolidated into Cooper Rural High School, District 1, to give more rural students a chance for a high school education. ... The New Deal era was an opportune time for school districts to build schools. The Cooper Rural High School building, which was opened in 1938, cost either $83,000 or $84,000, depending on the source you use, but the bond costs to taxpayers was about $40,000. The rest of the money was paid by a federal Public Works Administration grant." The status of the original structure within what is now...
  • Mackenzie State Recreation Area - Lubbock TX
    Mackenzie State Recreation Area, commonly referred to as Mackenzie Park, is located in the northeast portion of Lubbock. The park was first built in 1921, and included a pool and a golf course. During the Depression city leaders desired to expand the park and a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp was established that constructed roads, bridges, recreation facilities, and landscaping. The majority of CCC buildings no longer exist, but the landscaping and improvements still remain. The park currently has a golf course, swimming pool, recreation building, camping and picnicking facilities, a small amusement park, and a prairie dog town. The small...
  • Ropesville Resettlement Project Farmhouse #63 - Lubbock TX
    The house was first leased to the Arthur Murphy family inn 1938, The entire farm consisted of 299 acres. The house was donated and moved in March 2014 to the FiberMax Center for Discovery (formerly the Bayer Museum of Agriculture) by the Larry Smith family, to be used as a museum exhibit. Originally built and located in Hockley County, near Ropesville, Texas. The house was donated by the Larry Smith family and moved to Lubbock March 2014. The house was first leased to the Arthur Murphy Family in 1938. The farm number was #63. Between 1936 and 1938, there were about...
  • Texas Tech University: Doak Hall - Lubbock TX
    The Public Works Administration allotted $650,000 to Texas Tech University to build two dormitories, one for men and one for women. $125,000 was a grant and $445,000 was a loan to be paid back over 30 years at 4% interest. Women's Dormitory No.1 (later named Doak Hall in honor of Mary W. Doak, Texas Tech's first Dean of Women) was built in 1934 based on the design of architect Wyatt C. Hedrick and cost $313,168. Doak Hall housed women until 1943. Men were housed in Doak from 1943 through the 1957-1958 academic years. Later on women were again housed in Doak...
  • Texas Tech University: West Hall - Lubbock TX
    The Public Works Administration allotted $650,000 to Texas Tech University to build two dormitories, one for men and one for women. $125,000 was a grant and $445,000 was a loan to be paid back over 30 years at 4% interest. Men's Dormitory No.1 was built in 1934 based on the design of architect Wyatt C. Hedrick and cost $326,713. The university renamed the building to J. M. West Hall in 1941. Originally housing up to 300 students, West Hall is now an administrative building housing a visitor's center, undergraduate admissions offices, registrar's office, student business services and the scholarship and financial...