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    Peru Central School – Peru NY

    Date added: February 12, 2017

    Peru’s Central School building was developed during the Great Depression. Its construction was enabled by a $135,000 federal Public Works Administration (PWA) grant, which covered nearly half of the eventual $300,882 total project cost. Construction occurred between Jan. 1938 and… read more

    Road Improvements – Peru NY

    Date added: January 26, 2015

    The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) improved roads in Peru, New York in 1936, including some Living New Deal cannot currently place: “Burie road beginning at Burie farm and connecting with Calkins road” “Lyons road beginning at Turner Hill and… read more

    Bear Swamp Road Improvements – Peru NY

    Date added: January 26, 2015

    The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) improved roads in Peru, New York in 1936, including “Bear Swamp road beginning at Turner Hill and running east to Valcour at station.”