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    PWAPlaque, Milroy Park Club House - Houston TX

    Milroy Park Club House – Houston TX

    Date added: April 8, 2023

    The Public Works Administration funded the construction of the Milroy Park Club House, which serves as a community center in Houston TX. 

    City Hall (demolished) – Taylor TX

    Date added: September 24, 2022

    Taylor, Texas’s former City Hall, “an 11,000-square-foot building on Main Street between Fourth and Fifth streets”, was constructed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1935. The rectangular building, featuring Art Deco details, was used for municipal purposes until 2005…. read more

    Turtle Creek Park Improvements – Dallas TX

    Date added: June 10, 2022

    In 1939, the Works Progress Administration (WPA)began improvements at Turtle Creek Park in Dallas TX.  The project was one of many undertaken in the area by the WPA and other New Deal agencies. “Widespread park improvements costing $34,000 have been… read more

    Sewers – McAllen TX

    Date added: May 24, 2022

    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) provided labor for a $60,000 storm sewer construction project in McAllen, Texas in 1934.

    Sewers – Brownsville TX

    Date added: May 24, 2022

    The Brownsville Herald: “Sixty men were at work Tuesday on Brownsville’s biggest WPA sewer project, involving an expected expense of $121,868 of federal money and $41,179 from city funds. Work was started in the Los Ebanos section, where new sewers… read more

    Harris Community Park – Belton TX

    Date added: May 24, 2022

    The National Youth Administration provided labor to beautify the park for African Americans in Belton in 1938. They constructed a native rock speaker stand and four picnic tables with benches. Twenty-three youth, including both White and African American, were employed… read more

    Young County, TX: WPA road project

    Farm-to-Market Road Construction – Olney TX

    Date added: May 24, 2022

    In 1937 the Wichita Falls Times described a Works Progress Administration (WPA) in a photo caption: “a farm-to-market road job in Young county near Olney.” The road in question is unknown to Living New Deal.

    WPA-built bathhouse in Vernon, Texas

    Bathhouse – Vernon TX

    Date added: May 24, 2022

    In 1937 the Wichita Falls Times described a Works Progress Administration (WPA) in a photo caption: “a bath house … as an addition to city park facilities in Vernon.” The status and location of the project are unknown to Living… read more

    City Crowell Lake Dam Enlargement – Crowell TX

    Date added: May 24, 2022

    A Works Progress Administration (WPA) dam enlargement project was undertaken to increase the municipal water reserves of Crowell, Texas in an effort completed in 1936. “The capacity of [Crowell’s] city lake was more than doubled by a WPA project completed… read more

    Lake Halbert Dam, Corsicana, TX

    Lake Halbert Dam Repairs – Corsicana TX

    Date added: May 24, 2022

    The Works Progress Administration rebuilt the dam impounding Lake Halbert, near Corsicana, Texas, in a project completed in 1936. The work involved “extensive rock riprapping.”

    Road Improvements – Gorman TX

    Date added: May 24, 2022

    Among the Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects identified as underway in a Abilene Daily Reporter article from June 14, 1936 was the following: “At Gorman, four blocks of surfacing and 3,000 feet of street repairs are 70 per cent complete…. read more

    School Improvements – Carbon TX

    Date added: May 24, 2022

    Among the Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects identified as completed in a Abilene Daily Reporter article from June 14, 1936 was the following: “Improvements and repairs have been completed on a Carbon school building and grounds at a cost of… read more