Stony Brook Park Foot Bridge – Newark NY
Date added: March 24, 2023
The Works Progress Administration built a foot bridge between 1937 and 1938 in Stony Brook Park in Newark NY.
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Gun Club at Brockport Civic Park – Brockport NY
Date added: March 9, 2023
Built in 1937-38 by the Works Progress Administration as part of the Brockport Municipal Park Development Plan. Building has fallen into disrepair and exists at the back end of an otherwise empty lot adjacent to a cold storage plant.
Post Office – Brockport NY
Date added: February 25, 2023
The Post Office in Brockport, New York was built in 1940 as the village’s post office. It is still in use. The cornerstone indicates that it was a project of the Federal Works Agency. Historic photographs of the building include… read more
Bath V.A. Medical Center Bridge – Bath NY
Date added: February 18, 2023
A new entrance bridge was built in 1939, replacing an older one which had been posted as unsafe five years earlier, requiring a lengthy detour to leave or enter the grounds. This 1939 bridge is still in use as of… read more
Cohocton Central School (former) – Cohocton NY
Date added: February 10, 2023
Completed in 1934, and opened as the K-12 Cohocton Central School. Later became Wayland-Cohocton Elementary School. As of 2022, it became Wayland-Cohocton Prekindergarten School. The tower is octagonal. Possibly this is a reference to Cohocton’s Orson Squire Fowler, the great… read more
Glenn H. Curtiss Memorial School (former) – Hammondsport NY
Date added: January 16, 2023
The Works Progress Administration built the Glenn H. Curtiss Memorial School in Hammondsport NY. Originally the facility was the K-12 central school for Hammondsport, NY. It opened in 1936 and closed in 2010. Now in private hands.
Cornell University Arboretum – Ithaca NY
Date added: June 16, 2022
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) enrollees constructed the Arboretum at Cornell University Arboretum in Ithaca, New York between 1935 and 1941. “Before becoming an arboretum, the area was part of a working farm, and served as a pasture for the… read more
Whitestone Playground – Whitestone NY
Date added: June 10, 2022
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the Whitestone Playground in New York. The playground was dedicated in April 1940. The construction of Whitestone Playground was one of many recreation projects pursued by the WPA in New York. “Two thirds of… read more
Washington Hall: T.L. Johnson Mural – West Point NY
Date added: May 31, 2022
Panorama of Military History – Painted by T.L. Johnson and funded by the Federal Arts Project (FAP). Covering the south wall is a tremendous mural, in brilliant colors, which features a panorama of military history. The drawing covers an area… read more
Post Office Addition – Cortland NY
Date added: May 9, 2022
The historic post office building in Cortland, New York “was built in 1913-1915 and enlarged in 1940-1941.” The extension was funded by the federal Treasury Department, a New Deal project, and the post office bears a rare cornerstone documenting the… read more
South Seneca Elementary School – Interlaken NY
Date added: May 9, 2022
Originally constructed as the Interlaken Central School, what is now the South Seneca Elementary School in Interlaken, New York was constructed with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The Ithaca Journal: “On June 8, 1934, Interlaken, Ovid,… read more
South Seneca Central School – Ovid NY
Date added: May 9, 2022
The South Seneca Central School building in Ovid, New York was constructed in 1937-8 with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA provided a $157,500 grant for the project, whose total cost was $358,496. PWA Docket… read more
Post Office Mural – Clyde NY
Date added: May 9, 2022
A Section of Fine Arts mural entitled “Apple Pickers” was painted in 1941 by Thomas Donnelly. The mural resides in the retail lobby of the historic Clyde, New York post office building, which is still in use today. Unfortunately the… read more
Post Office – Clyde NY
Date added: May 9, 2022
The historic post office building in Clyde, New York was constructed in “1940–1941 and is one of a number of post offices in New York State designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, Louis A…. read more
Post Office Mural – Long Beach NY
Date added: May 9, 2022
The historic post office building in Long Beach, New York houses a New Deal mural commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts: “The Pleasures of the Bathing Beach,” painted by Jon Corbino. The mural was installed in 1939.