Date added: August 12, 2012; Modified: July 26, 2023
This New Deal facility was erected in 1937 as the Holliday’s Cove post office. In 1947, Holliday’s Cove, Marland Heights and Weirton Heights incorporated into one city and took the name Weirton. This became the Cove Station.
Date added: August 3, 2019; Modified: July 14, 2023
Also known as State Road Commission District 6 garage, the structure was built by the Works Progress Administration and sponsored by the Department of Highways. Across West Virginia, the Department of Highways sponsored district headquarters and garages constructed by the… read more
Date added: June 2, 2015; Modified: June 3, 2023
Crispin Center was constructed with the assistance of the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA). “Crispin Center – with its large swimming pool, golf shop and Pine Room area – has changed little on the outside. Built in 1937-38 of natural… read more
Date added: June 2, 2015; Modified: May 28, 2023
oglebayfoundation.org, 2012: “Several dozen Works Progress Administration (WPA) workmen began construction on the Oglebay pool in late 1936, using a federal grant of $68,000, supplemented by a loan from the Sarita Oglebay Russel trust (with the loan to be paid… read more
Date added: June 5, 2015; Modified: May 28, 2023
“A ca. 1938 picnic shelter at Tomlinson Run State Park is another fine example… Built by the CCC, it is a long, one-story, side-gabled building with massive, cut sandstone chimneys on each end elevation. The overall exterior dimensions are 70… read more
Date added: April 11, 2023; Modified: April 12, 2023
The Public Works Administration (PWA) funded the construction of the Municipal Auditorium in Charleston, WV. According to WOWK: “The history of the Charleston Municipal Auditorium in West Virginia’s capital city started with debate from citizens. According to the auditorium’s Statement… read more
Date added: March 22, 2023; Modified: March 22, 2023
Monongalia High School was a school for black students in Westover, WV. It was built by the WPA in 1938. See the Clio entry: Admin, Clio and Zachery Cowsert. “Monongalia High School (1938-1954).”
Date added: January 10, 2023; Modified: March 9, 2023
Potomac State College (PSC) in Keyser, West Virginia, received a great deal of aid from the New Deal’s National Youth Administration (NYA). As early as October 1935, 45 PSC students were in the NYA program (34 men and 11 women),… read more
Date added: February 28, 2018; Modified: February 12, 2023
The Works Progress Administration built storm sewers on Sixth Street in Huntington, Cabell County.
Date added: January 10, 2023
Work on Stayman Field began in December 1932 (before the New Deal) with funding from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC). The initial construction was completed in November 1933. The stadium was named after Joseph W. Stayman, the president of Potomac… read more
Date added: June 5, 2015; Modified: November 15, 2022
In ca. 1939 at Kanawha, CCC workers built Davis Creek Dam to form the 1.5-acre Ellison Pond. Pinned to the solid rock streambed and built of concrete and cut sandstone, the impoundment dam is 100 feet in length and approximately… read more
Date added: May 30, 2015; Modified: October 30, 2022
The historic St. Albans–Nitro Bridge, which spanned the Kanawha River to connect the two respective West Virginia communities from 1934 to 2013, was constructed with federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $245,000 loan and $70,820 grant… read more
Date added: August 4, 2017; Modified: October 9, 2022
This swimming pool, with a unique design (above ground, concrete), is in New Martinsville, West Virginia. It was operational until just a few years ago. I swam there often as a child. Unfortunately, though it is still in existence, the… read more
Date added: August 24, 2022
In 1935, the Public Works Administration (PWA) awarded $41,818 for the construction of faculty homes at Potomac State College (PSC), Keyser, West Virginia. The current Farm Shop appears to have been the “tool shed” included in the original contract for… read more
Date added: August 18, 2022
In September 1935, the Public Works Administration (PWA) allotted $41,818 for the construction of faculty homes at Potomac State College (PSC), in Keyser, West Virginia. The allotment consisted of a $23,000 loan and an $18,818 grant. The Tri-State Construction and… read more