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Date added: February 7, 2024; Modified: March 1, 2024
The Draper Junior High School building was originally constructed in 1938/1939 with funding from the Public Works Administration (PWA), which was by then a part of the Federal Works Agency. When the Junior High School was later closed, the building… read more
Date added: June 22, 2022; Modified: February 7, 2024
Two New Deal work relief programs: the Civil Works Administration (CWA) and Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) were responsible for the construction of a dam north of Black Mountain, North Carolina, part of a massive project to improve the water… read more
Date added: August 5, 2023
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed a town hall in Hemp, North Carolina—since renamed Robbins. The location and status of the building, which was dedicated on July 24, 1937, is unknown to Living New Deal.
Date added: February 13, 2015; Modified: July 26, 2023
Constructed in 1937 as the Chapel Hill’s main post office, the historic Franklin Street Station post office was constructed with Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in use today.
Date added: July 12, 2023; Modified: July 12, 2023
The historic former city hall in Marion, North Carolina was constructed as a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project. It was “begun in August 1936 and completed in 1937, at a cost of $25,000.00.”
Date added: June 17, 2023; Modified: June 17, 2023
The Greensboro Country Park in Greensboro NC is the city’s oldest recreational park. It was built by the Public Works Administration in 1934. The Guilford Courthouse National Military Park was also developed and transferred to NPS in 1933 with a… read more
Date added: August 1, 2013; Modified: May 21, 2023
The mural “Daniel Boone on a Hunting Trip to Watauga County” was commissioned by the federal Treasury Section of Fine Arts. Painted by Alan Tompkins, it was installed in Boone, North Carolina’s historic downtown post office building in 1940.
Date added: August 1, 2013; Modified: May 21, 2023
The historic New Deal post office in downtown Boone, North Carolina was constructed in 1938-9. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in use today.
Date added: June 22, 2022; Modified: March 30, 2023
The Civil Works Administration (CWA) and Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) provided labor for the renovation of Asheville’s old Station 5 firehouse, in Biltmore Village. The building, which served as a fire station until 1975, is now privately owned. “Under… read more
Date added: November 4, 2014; Modified: March 30, 2023
Originally constructed as the town’s high school during the 1930s, Mars Hill, North Carolina’s striking stone Cornerstone Apartments—a private apartment complex—was constructed by the federal Works Progress Administration as the town’s high school during the 1930s. The Rustic Revival-style building… read more
Date added: August 3, 2016; Modified: March 30, 2023
Along with the adjacent gymnasium, this school was constructed in 1938 with Workd Progress Administration (WPA) labor. NCDCR.gov: “Bald Creek Elementary School is a native stone Rustic Revival-style building, and one of five schools built by the WPA in Yancey… read more
Date added: August 3, 2016; Modified: March 30, 2023
The Bald Creek Elementary School and accompanying gym were constructed in 1938 with the assistance of the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA).
Date added: August 3, 2016; Modified: March 30, 2023
Originally constructed as a high school, what is now Clearmont Elementary School was built in 1938 with assistance from the Works Progress Administration (WPA); it was one of five schools built by the WPA in Yancey County, North Carolina.
Date added: August 3, 2016; Modified: March 30, 2023
Originally constructed as a high school, what is now the Yancey County Schools District Office was completed in 1939 with assistance from the Works Progress Administration (WPA); it was one of five schools built by the WPA in Yancey County, North… read more
Date added: August 3, 2016; Modified: March 30, 2023
Originally constructed as a high school, what is now Micaville Elementary School was built in 1936* with assistance from the Works Progress Administration (WPA); it was one of five schools built by the WPA in Yancey County, North Carolina. *… read more