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    Cove Station Post Office

    Cove Station Post Office – Weirton WV

    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.

    Wetzel County Garage – New Martinsburg WV

    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

    Crispin Center - Wheeling WV

    Crispin Center – Wheeling WV

    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

    Oglebay Park Pool - Wheeling WV

    Oglebay Park Pool – Wheeling WV

    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

    Picnic Shelter - Tomlinson Run State Park WV

    Picnic Shelter – Tomlinson Run State Park WV

    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

    Municipal Auditorium - Charleston WV

    Municipal Auditorium – Charleston WV

    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

    Monongalia High School - Westover WV

    Monongalia High School – Westover WV

    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).” 

    Stayman Field, Potomac State College - Keyser WV

    Potomac State College: Stayman Field Improvements – Keyser WV

    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

    Davis Creek Dam – Kanawha State Forest WV

    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

    Bridge just before opening

    St. Albans–Nitro Bridge (replaced) – St. Albans WV

    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

    Bruce Park Swimming Pool - New Martinsville WV

    Bruce Park Swimming Pool – New Martinsville WV

    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

    North side of Farm Shop, Potomac State College - Keyser WV

    Potomac State College: Farm Shop – Keyser WV

    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

    Four-family faculty homes building (former), Potomac State College - Keyser WV

    Potomac State College: Faculty Homes (former) – Keyser WV

    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