Date added: November 11, 2013; Modified: March 15, 2024
The historic post office building in Burlingame, California was constructed during the early 1940s with federal funds. The building was sold to private interests in September 2014 and ceased its postal operations in January 2015. Part of the building and its… read more
Date added: March 8, 2015; Modified: March 15, 2024
The historic post office in Traverse City, Michigan was constructed in 1938 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which housed an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.
Date added: July 22, 2013; Modified: March 15, 2024
The cast stone sculpture “The Letter,” by James Hansen, was completed in 1941 with Treasury Section of Fine Arts funds. The sculpture can be found in the front of the historic former post office in Burlingame. This building and its… read more
Date added: March 14, 2024
Housing of teachers had been a long-term problem at Bingham High School in the remote mining town of Copperton, Utah. School district policy required teachers live within the boundaries of the school at which they taught and teachers could not… read more
Date added: March 31, 2012; Modified: March 14, 2024
"Deming has an impressive list of WPA projects: Deming Public Library, Country Club, Junior High, Morgan Hall, Columbus School, Sunshine School, Hospital addition, Park, street paving, sewer work, curbs and trees plus a National Guard building." -Phyllis Eileen Banks
Date added: March 31, 2012; Modified: March 14, 2024
The New Mexico Humanities Council and the New Mexico Chapter of the National New Deal Preservation Association list Columbus City Hall on their map of New Deal structures built in New Mexico.
Date added: March 29, 2015; Modified: March 14, 2024
The historic Forest Hills Elementary School in Danville, Virginia was originally planned as a high school. Plans changed prior to construction and the school became an elementary school. It has operated as an elementary school since its construction. The project… read more
Date added: March 13, 2024; Modified: March 13, 2024
The Birch Creek Camp was located in Beaverhead County. The ranger station was on Birch Creek, about two miles above the campsite. A group of twenty-five Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) workers and one officer were first taken to the site… read more
Date added: March 10, 2015; Modified: March 11, 2024
Tyler State Park was developed by CCC Company 2888 from 1935-1941: “Set into the Piney Woods of East Texas, Tyler State Park reflects two major park development efforts. The first, directed by landscape architect Ben K. Chambers, involved extensive forest… read more
Date added: March 10, 2024; Modified: March 10, 2024
The State Emergency Relief Agency (SERA) funded the construction of the Santa Paula City Fire Staion #1 in Santa Paula CA. Fire Station for Santa Paula will be demolished in 2024 under a CEQA Cat Ex. No historic review was… read more
Date added: January 1, 2022; Modified: March 10, 2024
The Works Progress Administration built the Saltar’s Point Park pavilion and comfort stations in Steilacoom WA in 1939.
Date added: March 10, 2024; Modified: March 10, 2024
Teh Public Works Administration (PWA) built the Vasona Lake and dam in Los Gatos California. The dam is part of a local park and still part of the local water system. Built in 1934-35 as stated on the plaque at… read more
Date added: March 9, 2024; Modified: March 9, 2024
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) company 1672 built a camp in Elmhurst IL. “In December 1933, Elmhurst welcomed CCC company 1672. The company consisted of more than 200 army veterans, and they quickly set to work building a camp near… read more
Date added: March 8, 2024; Modified: March 8, 2024
The Lower Blue Campground was built in the mid 1930’s by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). It involved clearing the land, land improvements, building steps, a stone wall, and a bench for campers. While today the campground that was cleared… read more
Date added: August 21, 2008; Modified: March 7, 2024
Glendale Community College (formerly Junior College) relocated to its present campus in 1937. Several of the campus’ original buildings—including the surviving John A. Davitt Administration Building—were constructed between 1936 and 1937 with the support of a bond election and funds… read more