• Bolster Reservoir Improvements - Barre VT
    In 1934 E.R.A. labor drained and cleaned Barre's Bolster Reservoir.
  • Edward F. Knapp State Airport - Berlin VT
    Located between Montpelier and Barre, what is now Edward F. Knapp State Airport in the Town of Berlin, Vermont was developed as a New Deal project in conjunction with the Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.). Wikipedia: "Originally called the Barre-Montpelier Airport, the airport opened on April 5, 1929. At the time of its construction, the airport was a primitive field with a grass surface. Depending on the wind, planes could take off in any direction. For its earlier years, this worked well, but as larger planes started to use the airport, longer paved runways became a necessity. In October 1935, the field...
  • Municipal Auditorium - Barre VT
    Barre Auditorium was constructed in 1938-9 as a federal Public Works Administration (PWA) project. The PWA provided a $105,882 grant toward the $239,668 total cost of the project. (PWA Docket No. VT 1122.) The facility is still in use today for athletic events and community gatherings. The architecture firm Freeman French Freeman, Burlington, VT, designed the building (FFF Project #150). The firm began operation in 1937 and continues to this day. One of the founders, Ruth Freeman, was the first female architect in the state and was known for her significant contributions to the modernist style of architecture. Upon graduating from Cornell...
  • North Barre Playground Improvements - Barre VT
    The National Youth Administration (N.Y.A.) conducted grading work and development of a cement wading pool at the North Barre Playground at Fourth St.
  • Park Development - Barre VT
    The municipal park at the end of Mill Street, alongside Parkside Terrace, in Barre, Vermont, was developed and improved with the assistance of federal funds and labor in 1934. According to a town report work attributable in part to the Federal/Vermont Emergency Relief Administration included: n addition to the cement pier being built at the swimming pool, the construction of a third tennis court, equipping same, and painting the bath houses. ... rom V. E. R. A. funds, the City Street Department greatly improved the approach to the field by working and graveling Mill Street, thus making easy and safe access...
  • Reservoir Dam Developments - Orange VT
    In 1938 the Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) conducted "extensive improvement and extension" work to the spillway at the Wheeler Pond / Thurman W. Dix Reservoir dam by Barre in Orange, Vermont.
  • Road Development - Barre VT
    The City of Barre relied greatly on multiple federal relief programs for the improvement and development of its street network during the Great Depression. Such included reconstruction, grading, paving. Work also included related safety measures such as the construction of retaining walls and guard rails. The National Youth Administration (N.Y.A.) contributed by landscaping streets.
  • Sewers - Barre VT
    The City of Barre relied heavily on federal relief programs for the improvement and development of its sewer network during the Great Depression.
  • Sidewalks - Barre VT
    Federal relief programs conducted sidewalk construction and improvement work in Barre, Vermont.
  • South Main St. Improvements - Barre VT
    In 1934 the Emergency Relief Administration (E.R.A.) conducted the following improvement work along a part of South Main St. in the City of Barre: The street was widened, curbings and gutters built, gravel sidewalks constructed and all banks carefully were carefully sloped and sodded. This is perhaps the best finished road work in the City. The W.P.A. removed disused street car rails in 1939.
  • Spaulding School Retaining Wall - Barre VT
    The W.P.A. provided labor toward the construction of a retaining wall at what was then the Spaulding School in 1938.
  • Washington St. Improvements - Barre VT
    In 1934 the Civil Works Adminiistration (C.W.A.) and Emergency Relief Administration (E.R.A.) conducted the following improvement work along part of Washington St. in the City of Barre: The street was widened, graded, drained, slopes sodded and granite retaining walls built. The W.P.A. removed disused street car rails from the street in 1938.
  • Water Mains - Barre VT
    Barre relied heavily on federal funds and labor during the Great Depression to improve and develop its water distribution system. The city's annual reports attest that work began under the Emergency Relief Administration (E.R.A.) and persisted several years with the Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.). As part of these efforts, larger water mains were installed under many roads; older mains were dug up, relaid, and lowered further underground to prevent winter freezing; and the network was generally expanded.