Date added: April 18, 2015; Modified: March 27, 2024
Herald-Tribune: “In the late 1930s, with financial aid of the Works Progress Administration, the city of Sarasota built the Lido Beach Casino. Designed by Ralph Twitchell, the “grandfather of the Sarasota school of architecture,” the art deco-style “palace” boasted a… read more
Date added: February 17, 2024; Modified: February 17, 2024
Landis Hall was completed in 1938 as a 202-room dormitory for student nurses and other employees working at the Florida State Hospital in Chattahoochee, Florida. It replaced the old nurses home which was destroyed in February 1937. The construction contract… read more
Date added: March 3, 2018; Modified: February 17, 2024
The Public Works Administration (PWA) was involved with multiple construction projects on the grounds of the Florida State Hospital in 1936-7. The PWA supplied a $300,355 grant for construction as part of one combined project, whose total cost was $670,428. PWA Docket No…. read more
Date added: January 27, 2024; Modified: January 28, 2024
Picnic pavilion and meeting place. The pavilion was built in the 1930s by the Works Progress Administration. It was the only structure at the newly donated 10 acre park at the time. The community subsequently built a baseball field at… read more
Date added: January 31, 2020; Modified: October 25, 2023
In 1936, the Works Progress Administration built the Armory, City Hall, Police Department, and Fire Department in Lake City, Florida. All departments were combined in one building.
Date added: August 26, 2023; Modified: September 15, 2023
The Works Progress Administration built the Perrine Community House in Palmetto Bay FL in 1935. Used by Perrine Women’s Club, South Dade Chamber of Commerce, Village of Palmetto Bay.
Date added: April 18, 2015; Modified: July 26, 2023
The historic post office building in downtown Panama City, Florida was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. Construction started in 1937 and the building was dedicated on April 29, 1938.
Date added: May 1, 2016; Modified: July 14, 2023
Harvey Government Center is home to two examples of Federal Art Project-sponsored bas reliefs. They are located in the council chambers room on the second floor of the building. “New Deal art was also installed in the Florida Keys. The… read more
Date added: December 23, 2017; Modified: May 21, 2023
The historic federal building (now U.S. Bankruptcy Courthouse) in Tallahassee, Florida houses an example of New Deal artwork: an eight-panel mural titled “History of Florida.” Wikipedia: “The murals were funded by the Treasury Department’s Section of Painting and Sculpture, a Depression-era… read more
Date added: July 12, 2014; Modified: January 17, 2023
Miami and the surrounding Dade County were effectively without city or county parks until the 1930s. The city got its first park in 1925, after which the city was devastated by a hurricane the following year. The county received its… read more
Date added: September 5, 2022
Built in 1936, Durkeeville was once public housing — the second public housing project built in Florida under the federal Public Works Administration. This was listed as 239 living units, one and two story group houses, costing $1,000,000. Durkeeville was… read more
Date added: August 28, 2022
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the Casino and Muncipal Pier in Gulfport FL. The marker on site states that, “The U.S. Department of the Interior has listed the Gulfport Casino in the National Register of Historic Places. This is… read more
Date added: January 19, 2015; Modified: July 12, 2022
Palm Beach’s old Flagler Memorial Bridge was constructed as a federal Public Works Administration (PWA). The PWA supplied a $398,750 loan and $326,455 grant for the project, whose total cost was $735,490. Construction began in Jan. 1937 and completed in… read more
Date added: June 2, 2022; Modified: June 2, 2022
Between 1934 and 1940, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge (then called the St. Marks Migratory Bird Refuge) located about twenty-five miles away from Tallahassee FL. Overseen by the U.S. Biological Survey, the work… read more
Date added: January 19, 2015; Modified: May 24, 2022
Lake Worth, Florida’s old Lake Worth Bridge—which carried what is now Rt. 802 over the Lake Worth Lagoon (part of the Intracoastal Waterway)—was constructed with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $138,000 loan… read more