Georgia Tech: Brittain Dining Hall Addition – Atlanta GA
Date added: January 15, 2015
The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed an addition to Georgia Tech’s Brittain Dining Hall.
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Georgia Tech: Ceramics Building Addition – Atlanta GA
Date added: January 15, 2015; Modified: January 15, 2015
The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed an addition to the Ceramics Building on the Georgia Tech campus. The addition “comprises the largest portion of the building. The new work doubled the floor space of the department and increased the… read more
Georgia Tech – Atlanta GA
Date added: January 15, 2015; Modified: January 15, 2015
Numerous building construction projects on the Georgia Tech campus were enabled by various federal New Deal agencies during the Great Depression. The Civil Works Administration (CWA), Works Progress Administration (WPA), and Public Works Administration (PWA) all contributed support to various… read more
Georgia Tech: Drawing Building – Atlanta GA
Date added: January 15, 2015; Modified: January 15, 2015
Georgia Tech’s Engineering / Mechanical Drawing Building was constructed during the Great Depression. Located on Cherry Street, the building was located north of the Guggenheim School of Aeronautics by Mechanical Engineering Building. Its current status is unknown to Living New… read more
Georgia Tech: Harrison Residence Hall – Atlanta GA
Date added: January 15, 2015; Modified: January 15, 2015
“Tech’s development continued in the Fall of 1938 with the announcement that the Board of Regents, with Public Works Administration assistance, would spend $350,000 for the construction of four buildings and an addition to a fifth. Work began on the… read more
Georgia Tech: Howell Residence Hall – Atlanta GA
Date added: January 15, 2015; Modified: January 15, 2015
“Tech’s development continued in the Fall of 1938 with the announcement that the Board of Regents, with Public Works Administration assistance, would spend $350,000 for the construction of four buildings and an addition to a fifth. Work began on the… read more
Georgia Tech: Daniel Laboratory Addition – Atlanta GA
Date added: January 15, 2015; Modified: January 15, 2015
“Tech’s development continued in the Fall of 1938 with the announcement that the Board of Regents, with Public Works Administration assistance, would spend $350,000 for the construction of four buildings and an addition to a fifth. … The third building… read more
Georgia Tech: Stephen C. Hall Building – Atlanta GA
Date added: January 15, 2015
Georgia Tech’s Stephen C. Hall Building was constructed as the Civil Engineering Building. “Today, the Stephen C. Hall Building houses the Writing and Communication programs at Georgia Tech, as part of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.” “The Federal… read more
Georgia Tech: Lyman Hall Chemistry Building Addition – Atlanta GA
Date added: January 15, 2015
“The Works Progress Administration which as we have seen sponsored the Gymnasium for Georgia Tech, was also responsible for adding the third and final addition to the Lyman Hall Chemistry Building. Construction began on a three-story “L” shaped addition in… read more
Georgia Tech: Heisman Gym (demolished) – Atlanta GA
Date added: January 15, 2015; Modified: January 15, 2015
Later known as Heisman Gym, Georgia Tech’s old Auditorium / Gymnasium Building was constructed with federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The building “was projected to be built in two phases with the first costing $93,000 and the second $116,000…. read more
Post Office Mural – Toppenish WA
Date added: December 8, 2012; Modified: January 15, 2015
The post office contains a 1940 Section of Fine Arts mural by Andrew McD. Vincent, Local Theme. “Located southeast of the city of Yakima, Toppenish is located entirely in the Yakama Indian Nation. According to the 1991 National Register nomination… read more
University Homes (demolished) – Atlanta GA
Date added: January 15, 2015; Modified: January 15, 2015
The University Homes public housing project in Atlanta was completed in 1938 with federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. It has since been demolished. “Built in 1938 on the site of the former Beaver Slide slum. Seen as the African… read more
Techwood Homes (demolished) – Atlanta GA
Date added: January 15, 2015; Modified: January 15, 2015
The Techwood Homes public housing project in Atlanta was a whites-only complex constructed between 1935 and 1936 with federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. It has since been demolished. “Techwood Homes was the first public housing project in the United… read more
South Carolina Cotton Museum Sculpture – Bishopville SC
Date added: December 4, 2014; Modified: January 14, 2015
Hans E. Prehn created this plaster sculpture “Saw Mill,” financed by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts, for the old post office. It was moved to the Cotton Museum in the early 2000’s and is not viewable in the front… read more
Tampa International Airport Murals – Tampa FL
Date added: January 14, 2015; Modified: January 14, 2015
The seven murals on display in the Airside E Terminal of the Tampa International Airport were commissioned from artist George Snow Hill in 1939 under New Deal sponsorship: “In the late 1930’s, local artist George Snow Hill was commissioned to… read more