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: September 30, 2023; Modified: October 7, 2023
According to the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), Anne Fletcher’s WPA oil painting, “Iris Garden,” was completed in 1939 and placed in the Home Economics Center (or, “Home Economics Cottage”) in Berryville, Virginia. This building appears to have been part… read more
Date added: August 22, 2023
In 1934, the Interstate Commerce Commission approved a loan of $3.5 million from the Public Works Administration (PWA) to the Seaboard Air Line, a railroad company headquartered in Portsmouth, Virginia. Among the purchases made with this PWA funding were five… read more
Date added: August 3, 2023
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)’s “constructive project work” in Russell County, Virginia included “improvements of the entrance to Cleveland school.” A historic map suggests that the school was located on the north side of Riverview Terrace Drive.
Date added: August 3, 2023
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)’s “constructive project work” in Russell County, Virginia included “Castlewood athletic field.”
Date added: August 3, 2023
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)’s “constructive project work” in Russell County, Virginia included “Lebanon park and streets.”
Date added: August 3, 2023
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)’s “constructive project work” in Russell County, Virginia included “the Lebanon school ground.” Living New Deal believes this facility to be the historic 1925 high school building in Lebanon, now Lebanon Middle School.
Date added: August 3, 2023; Modified: August 3, 2023
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)’s “constructive project work” in Russell County, Virginia included “the Honaker school ground.” The location and status of the facility is unknown to Living New Deal, though a historic map shows a school at the… read more
Date added: August 3, 2023
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)’s “constructive project work” in Russell County, Virginia included a sewer project.
Date added: August 3, 2023
CATESBEIANA: “Westmoreland State Park is one of the six original state parks formed in Virginia. It opened its doors to the public in 1936. Many of the trails and other features of the park were constructed by the CCC in… read more
Date added: August 3, 2023
In 1934 the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) completed a Civil Works Administration (CWA) to dramatically expand the capabilities of the water supply system for Tazewell, Virginia. The project included laying seven miles of six-inch water line. Plans also called… read more
Date added: August 5, 2013; Modified: July 26, 2023
The Central Martinsville Station Post Office was constructed with New Deal funds in 1939.
Date added: April 18, 2017; Modified: July 14, 2023
The former Parcel Post Building in Richmond, Virginia housed multiple examples of New Deal artwork: murals by Paul Cadmus and Jared French, respectively, which were commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. Gerard French’s work was a mural: “Stuart’s… read more
Date added: October 5, 2013; Modified: March 30, 2023
Originally the Harrisonburg United States Post Office and Court House, this Louis A. Simon-designed federal building opened in 1940. The GSA writes that the building “is located at the northeast corner of North Main and East Elizabeth Streets in the… read more
Date added: July 13, 2022; Modified: March 30, 2023
Virginia Tech’s Seitz Hall, originally known as the Agricultural Engineering Building, was constructed as a Work Projects Administration (WPA) project and dedicated in 1940. It was part of a broader development of several buildings on its corner of campus that… read more