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Date added: May 9, 2022
A photograph on the website “Vanishing Georgia” identifies the building along the south side of Church Street at Library Street in Jeffersonville, Georgia to be a gymnasium constructed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). As of 2022 the building does… read more
Date added: April 3, 2022
Fort Mountain State Park in northern Georgia was constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) during the 1930s. Part of the Cohutta Mountain Range, the park gained its name for a stone structure located along a mountaintop in the area…. read more
Date added: August 26, 2020
The Municipal Court building in Jackson, Georgia was constructed as the city’s post office during the 1930s. This New Deal structure served as the post office until 1995, upon its relocation to East 2nd St. The building also housed an… read more
Date added: April 23, 2019
“Macon Downtown Airport has its origins beginning in World War I as “Camp Wheeler”. As early as 1925, Huff Daland Dusters, the precursor of Delta Air Lines, based its crop dusting operation at Camp Wheeler. In 1936 the City of… read more
Date added: December 7, 2018
Numerous New Deal agencies contributed to the development of metropolitan Atlanta’s sewer system during the Great Depression. Atlanta initially applied for PWA funding in July 1933, but lack of local contribution caused the city government to withdraw the application and… read more
Date added: October 27, 2018
Built in 1939, this Works Progress Administration project was the Auditorium and Dining Hall for West Georgia College.
Date added: October 27, 2018
Along Maple Street, Carrollton is the site of the first Rural Electrification Administration substation in Carroll County, Georgia.
Date added: October 26, 2018
Carrollton, Georgie’s historic City Gym building, now known as WPA Center, is a stone building located at the corner of North Cliff and Chandler Streets, overlooking Park (US 27). The building was constructed with Works Progress Administration (WPA) labor in… read more
Date added: January 2, 2018
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed Dalton’s old City Hall in 1936. The building is still municipally owned and serves as a secondary city office building.
Date added: December 23, 2017
CCC work at Ocmulgee National Monument included: “preparing trails, including a bridge between the museum and Earthlodge that has become a local landmark.” While the wood surface of the bridge has been replaced, the stone base supports are original.
Date added: December 23, 2017
The CCC worked to restore Earthlodge at Ocmulgee National Monument. NPS.gov: “At the Earthlodge, enrollees puddled clay in large pits, mixed in straw, and then applied the mixture to the inner concrete wall to simulate the Indian architecture. The public… read more
Date added: December 23, 2017
The striking Art Moderne visitor center at Ocmulgee National Monument has New Deal roots, featuring involvement by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). The National Park Service (NPS) website has this to say about the… read more
Date added: December 23, 2017
Numerous New Deal agencies had a tremendous impact on the development of Ocmulgee National Monument, the site of pre-Columbian southeastern settlement dating back millennia. “The largest dig ever conducted in this country occurred here at Ocmulgee and the surrounding area…. read more
Date added: November 8, 2017
In 1935, the Works Progress Administration funded the construction of a new city hall for Cedartown. Designed by Atlanta architect Otis Clay Poundstone, the Neoclassical Revival style city hall stands out as it overlooks downtown with Main Street (old US… read more
Date added: August 15, 2017
The historic former post office in Sylvester, Georgia was constructed with Treasury Department funds in 1937. An example of New Deal artwork created for the facility was relocated to the community’s current post office. The former post office is now… read more