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Date added: September 28, 2022
The Civilian Conservation Corps carried out work at Mount Philo State Park near Charlotte VT. According to the Vermont State Park website, “In the early 1930s a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) unit was assigned to the mountain. This crew built the… read more
Date added: May 24, 2022
The second of the (now) three bridges to be designated Ledyard Bridge spanning the Connecticut River between Norwich, Vermont and Hanover, New Hampshire was financed in part by the federal Public Works Administration (PWA) during the Great Depression. The PWA… read more
Date added: May 24, 2022
The federal Public Works Administration (PWA) provided a $214,363 grant for the construction of the original Missiquoi Bay Bridge connecting Alburgh and Swanton, Vermont. Approval for the project was given in January 1936. Construction began in June 1936 and was… read more
Date added: May 12, 2022
The Civilian Conservation Corps built roads, hiking and ski trails, and recreation facilities on Burke Mountain VT.
Date added: June 6, 2019
The Burlington-born artist Raymond Pease was commissioned by the Public Works of Art Program to paint a mural at Perkins Hall at the University of Vermont. The mural was covered with drywall during renovations in 1992. It was rediscovered in… read more
Date added: March 23, 2018
The original facilities at the VA Medical Center in White River Junction, Vermont were constructed ca. 1938 as part of the New Deal, with federal / Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. “Looking back to 1938, the WRJ VAMC began its… read more
Date added: February 22, 2018
Part of the Winooski River Local Protection Project, a massive Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) undertaking, in Vermont entailed “replacing an old timber dam at Montpelier by a small concrete dam (now called Bailey Dam) with tainter gates.” The project is located… read more
Date added: February 22, 2018
In 1935 “considerable work was done with [Vermont Emergency Relief Administration] V.E.R.A. labor in cutting brush and cleaning up around the pond [reservoir].” The Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted work at Montpelier’s Community House in 1936. The WPA and CCC… read more
Date added: February 22, 2018
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted improvement work on many of Montpelier’s bridges. The Granite Street Bridge was “given a new floor of four inch creosoted yellow pine” in 1939. “The lumber was purchased by the W. P. A. Bond Issue… read more
Date added: February 22, 2018
Montpelier’s 40th Annual Report details many roadwork projects undertaken in 1934 with Vermont Emergency Relief Administration (VERA) funds, including: “Barre Road, widening at Jerue turn”. Efforts were continued in subsequent years by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). 1939 Montpelier annual… read more
Date added: February 22, 2018
Montpelier’s Union Elementary School was constructed as a New Deal project, with primary construction in 1938-9. The city’s 1940 annual report: “The past year has marked the completion of the Recreation Field and the new Elementary School Building. Both projects… read more
Date added: February 22, 2018
Springfield, Vermont’s town hall underwent a development/improvement project between 1938 and 1939 as a federal Public Works Administration (PWA) project. The building is still in use today. The PWA provided 1n $18,818 grant toward the $41,725 eventual cost of the project. PWA Docket… read more
Date added: February 22, 2018
Montpelier’s Recreation Field was developed as a New Deal project in 1938-9. The Public Works Administration (PWA) provided a $45,000 grant for the project, whose total cost was listed as $100,052. PWA Docket No. Vt. 1088-F. The facility was described in… read more
Date added: February 22, 2018
Annual Reports for the City of Montpelier detail expenses and locations for many sewer projects undertaken by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the city. The 1936 report details work undertaken in 1935: “75 feet of 1 1/2″ pipe beyond the… read more
Date added: February 22, 2018
The Wood Art Gallery in Montpelier, Vermont was the recipient of “W.P.A. Fedaral Art sculpture and paintings” in 1937. The works are “on permanent loan from the U.S. government.”