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Waterworks - Monaca PA

Waterworks – Monaca PA

Date added: May 9, 2023

In 1940, the Works Progress Administration reconstructed Monaca’s waterworks with locally quarried stone. The project cost $50,000. A marker on the building identifies it as “W.P.A. PROJECT NO. 21284.”

Post Office Relief – Ford City PA

Date added: April 30, 2023

The Post Office in Ford City houses a New Deal artwork titled “Glass Making” by Josephine Mather. The ivory colored bas relief was made using Carrara structural glass.

Daniel Boone Homestead Development – Birdsboro PA

Date added: April 5, 2023

The Daniel Boone Homestead is a 579-acre park with multiple historic structures including the birthplace of famed pioneer Daniel Boone. The site is owned and operated by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. The National Youth Administration (NYA) played a… read more

Lincoln High School Addition - Ellwood City PA

Lincoln High School Addition – Ellwood City PA

Date added: March 29, 2023

In 1934, the Public Works Administration gave a $28,770 grant and $71,230 loan to the Ellwood City school board for an addition to Lincoln High School. The addition included 18 class rooms and a gymnasium. It was designed by Robert… read more

High School (former) – Waynesboro PA

Date added: March 29, 2023

A high school in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania was constructed between March 1936 and April 1937, enabled by the provision of a federal Public Works Administration (PWA) grant. The New Deal grant amounted to $144,855 toward the $322,230 eventual total cost of… read more

Waynesboro, PA post office

Post Office – Waynesboro PA

Date added: March 29, 2023

The stately long-serving post office in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania was constructed in 1935 with federal Treasury Department funds.

Young American Woman - U.S. Courthouse in Erie, PA

Courthouse Sculptures – Erie PA

Date added: March 5, 2023

According to the website of the General Services Administration “Young American Man and Young American Woman act as sentinels to the main courtrooms of the 1937 Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Erie, Pennsylvania. These two sculptures express the admirable… read more

Federal Courthouse, 1937 - Erie PA

Erie Federal Courthouse – Erie PA

Date added: March 4, 2023

Also known as the Erie Federal Courthouse and Post Office, the building is now part of a complex of buildings that serve as a courthouse of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and other federal… read more

Old Economy Village Restoration - Ambridge PA

Old Economy Village Restoration – Ambridge PA

Date added: February 28, 2023

“Careful research has been done and is continuing and the whole restoration is by no means complete. The part undertaken with P.W.A. aid was completed in July 1938 at a construction cost of $32,164 and a project cost of $37,175.”

Navy Hall 1953

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania: Navy Hall – Bloomsburg PA

Date added: January 19, 2023

Public Works Administration (PWA) funded the construction of the Navy Hall at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania in Bloomsburg PA. Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, then known as the Bloomsburg State Teachers College, benefited during the Great Depression from a large construction project… read more

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania: Tennis Courts - Bloomsburg PA

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania: Tennis Courts – Bloomsburg PA

Date added: January 6, 2023

Public Works Administration (PWA) funded the construction of the Tennis Courts at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania in Bloomsburg PA. Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, then known as the Bloomsburg State Teachers College, benefited during the Great Depression from a large construction project… read more

Shop&storage

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania: Shop/Storage – Bloomsburg PA

Date added: January 5, 2023

Public Works Administration (PWA) funded the construction of a shop/storage building at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania in Bloomsburg PA. Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, then known as the Bloomsburg State Teachers College, benefited during the Great Depression from a large construction… read more