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    Magruder Park Improvements – Hyattsville MD

    Date added: June 5, 2013

    Magruder Park is Hyattsville’s major park facility. According to an index of WPA projects in the National Archives the WPA worked on the park in 1935, improving the park, clearing the stream, constructing playground courts, a wading pool and curbs… read more

    Fort Foote Preservation Project – Fort Washington MD

    Date added: May 24, 2013; Modified: May 24, 2013

    A HABS Survey Report describes CCC work at Fort Foote Park: “Constructed as part of a ring of Civil War fortifications surrounding Washington, DC, and intended to replace the aging Fort Washington located a few miles down the river, Fort… read more

    Retaining Wall – Frostburg MD

    Date added: April 22, 2013

    This retaining wall was built by the WPA in 1938. It has been holding residents’ front yards in place for three quarters of a century.

    Gambrill State Park – Frederick MD

    Date added: April 20, 2013; Modified: April 20, 2013

    From the Maryland Department of Natural Resources website for Gambrill State Park: “Most of the buildings and facilities within the park were built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in the 1930s. The CCC was a Federal program that was created during… read more

    Taylor Park – Keedysville MD

    Date added: March 25, 2013; Modified: March 25, 2013

    A plaque at the entrance to Taylor Park reads: “Taylor Park, Developed by the Burgess and Commissioners of Keedysville, In Cooperation with the Work Projects Administration, 1940.” According to records held at the National Archives, the WPA’s work included “excavating;… read more

    Hagerstown City Hall – Hagerstown MD

    Date added: February 6, 2013; Modified: February 6, 2013

    Many of Hagerstown’s administrative offices are located in the Hagerstown City Hall.  According to a Maryland Historical Trust Inventory Form: “The Hagerstown City Hall is a Renaissance Revival style brick structure which was erected in 1939-1940 under the auspices of… read more

    Cabin Under Construction 1940

    Winter Quarters Log Cabin – Pocomoke City MD

    Date added: January 30, 2013; Modified: January 30, 2013

    Winter Quarters Log Cabin was built by the WPA in 1940, and continues to serve the community today. From the Pocomoke City Government website for the cabin: “Are you looking for a quiet and beautiful setting for your next retreat,… read more

    Savage River State Forest

    Savage River State Forest – Grantsville MD

    Date added: November 24, 2012; Modified: December 31, 2012

    Savage River State Forest is the largest state forest in Maryland. It offers the following: “Biking trails, boat launch, cross country skiing, campsites, fishing, flat water canoeing, hiking trail, historic interest, hunting, picnic, riding trails, shelters, snowmobiling, white water canoeing”… read more

    Pocomoke State Forest

    Pocomoke State Forest – Pocomoke City MD

    Date added: December 6, 2012; Modified: December 31, 2012

    Pocomoke State Forest (which contains Pocomoke River State Park) consists of over 15,000 acres of “loblolly pine, mixed pine-hardwood, bottomland hardwood, and bald-cypress” trees, and offers opportunities for fishing, hunting, hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding, boating, canoeing, and camping.  … read more

    Green Ridge State Forest

    Green Ridge State Forest – Flintstone MD

    Date added: November 29, 2012; Modified: December 31, 2012

    At 47,560 acres, Green Ridge State Forest is the second largest state forest in Maryland and the “largest contiguous block of public land in Maryland.” It offers opportunities for target shooting, hunting, fishing, primitive camping, hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding,… read more

    Port Deposit School Under Construction

    Freeman Hall – Port Deposit MD

    Date added: May 6, 2012; Modified: December 31, 2012

    “Port Deposit is an interesting town that sits alongside the Susquehanna River, not far from the Conowingo Dam. There is an abundance of stonework in the town, and the former African American school shown below is no exception. This was… read more

    Fort Hill High School Under Construction

    Fort Hill High School – Cumberland MD

    Date added: May 9, 2012; Modified: December 31, 2012

    The PWA helped in the construction of the main school building, while the WPA was responsible for the school’s football stadium, tennis courts and much of the surrounding grounds. “New Deal funding relating to Fort Hill was formally initiated in… read more

    Cunningham Falls State Park CCC Pavilion

    Cunningham Falls State Park – Thurmont MD

    Date added: September 15, 2012; Modified: December 31, 2012

    The land that is now Cunningham Falls State Park used to be part of the Catoctin Recreational Demonstration Area (now called “Catoctin Mountain Park”).  The land was turned over to Maryland in 1954.  The land was originally worked and developed… read more