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Date added: July 24, 2022; Modified: July 24, 2022
The Public Works Administration (PWA) provided funding toward the construction of the University of Alabama’s Foster Auditorium. Originally built in 1939, Foster Auditorium was named in 1942 for Richard Clarke Foster, president of the University of Alabama from 1937-41. In… read more
Date added: July 20, 2022; Modified: July 20, 2022
The University of Alabama’s Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library was built in 1939 with the aid of funding provided by the Public Works Administration (PWA). It is located on the site of the first library on campus. The first university library,… read more
Date added: November 13, 2017; Modified: November 18, 2017
The Works Progress Administration built a hangar and administration building for the municipal airport in Tuscaloosa, now known as Tuscaloosa Regional Airport.
Date added: November 10, 2017; Modified: November 18, 2017
The Public Works Administration funded the construction of the Bankhead Lock and Dam (Lock 17) on the Black Warrior River in the vicinity of Birmingham. “Dam no. 17 on the Warrior River has improved the navigability of the river. This dam is… read more
Date added: May 24, 2015; Modified: September 23, 2016
The federal Civil Works Administration (CWA) and, later, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted substantial construction and improvement work at Queen City Park in Tuscaloosa, Alabama during the 1930s. CWA labor constructed roads and tennis courts, and drained fields for… read more
Date added: May 24, 2015; Modified: August 8, 2016
The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) provided funding and labor for construction of what was then known as the Queen City Pool and Pool House at Queen City Park in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The WPA supplied $100,000 of the $125,000 total cost… read more
Date added: May 24, 2015
Construction of the historic Bama Theatre in Tuscaloosa, Alabama was enabled by the provision of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds during the 1930s. The building was constructed as a combination “theatre/municipal auditorium” and “city hall, all under one roof.”… read more
Date added: May 24, 2015
The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted improvement work at Capitol Park in Tuscaloosa, Alabama during the 1930s.
Date added: December 2, 2011; Modified: May 24, 2015
Bureau of Mines is building 116 on the campus map. “Of the 11 experimental stations of the Bureau of Mines, 9 are located at State universities where they have the advantage of educational facilities and cooperation with the State agencies…. read more
Date added: December 2, 2011; Modified: May 24, 2015
Hardaway Hall is located on the University of Alabama campus on 7th Ave. It is the engineering building. “The new structure is T-shaped in plan, the front portion being 2 stories in height and the rear wing 1 story. On… read more