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Hide Search OptionsDate added: November 2, 2014
Four murals depicting pivotal scenes from the history of Portsmouth, New Hampshire were commissioned by the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) and painted by artist Gladys Brannigan. They were installed in the auditorium of Portsmouth Middle School (on Parrott Avenue)… read more
Date added: November 1, 2014; Modified: November 1, 2014
Emporia, Virginia’s historic Greensville County Auditorium was constructed with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The building, located on Battery Avenue and facing Main Street, still stands today. According to a National Register of Historic Places registration… read more
Date added: October 31, 2014
Bristol, Connecticut’s Muzzy Field ballpark was constructed between 1938 and 1939 as a federal Public Works Administration (PWA) project. It is still in use today. The PWA provided a $15,301 grant toward the $34,071 total cost of the project. [PWA… read more
Date added: October 31, 2014; Modified: October 31, 2014
“Milford’s new Court and Office Building on West River Street was opened on March 27, 1937. This thoroughly modern community building, erected under the Public Works Administration program, provided offices for the Police Department, Town Treasurer, Health Officer, Engineering Department,… read more
Date added: October 31, 2014; Modified: October 31, 2014
“Financed by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, work started May 24, 1935, on a project of grading Prospect Park, removing mud and silt from the Wepawaug River, and building riprap walls on the river bank. This work, completed October 31,… read more
Date added: October 31, 2014
“When the Federal Emergency Relief Administration was organized in 1934, the local relief burden was lightened by various projects employing Milford residents, and the distribution of surplus foods and clothing to the needy partially relieved the drain on town funds…. read more
Date added: May 5, 2014; Modified: October 31, 2014
“The [Hyde Park Elementary School]’s original fieldstone building was built in 1940, after close consultation between the local school board and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a native of Hyde Park. … In 1993 the school building was listed on the… read more
Date added: May 6, 2014; Modified: October 31, 2014
Hyde Park, New York has three school buildings “which were built in the Hyde Park Central School District with a grant from the Public Works Administration (PWA) of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s administration: Haviland Middle School which was original dedicated as… read more
Date added: October 29, 2014; Modified: October 30, 2014
Established in 1844 to protect the government’s interests in the region’s “Copper Boom,” Fort Wilkinson was permanently abandoned by the U.S. Army in 1870 and became a state park in 1923. Beginning in 1938, renovation of the park began under the Works… read more
Date added: October 29, 2014
Arlington Hall is a two-thirds-size replica of Arlington House, General Robert E. Lee’s Virginia home. The City of Dallas and the Works Progress Administration completed the building in 1939. For years, it served as a popular spot for community events… read more
Date added: October 28, 2014; Modified: October 29, 2014
The federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds provided funding for the construction of the Art Deco-accented bridge carrying SW Admiral Way above Schmitz Park. Construction occurred between 1936 and 1937. The PWA provided a grant of $68,200; the total cost… read more
Date added: October 11, 2012; Modified: October 28, 2014
“The Cowen Park Bridge is a reinforced concrete arch bridge that spans a ravine in Seattle’s Cowen Park. The structure is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, and it is a designated city landmark. The bridge has been… read more
Date added: October 28, 2014
The federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds provided funding for the construction of the Ferry County Courthouse in Republic, Washington. Construction occurred between 1936 and 1937. The PWA provided a grant of $22,166; the total cost of the project was $49,283.
Date added: October 28, 2014
Everett, Washington’s main library was constructed between 1933 and 1934 with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA provided a grant of $23,600; the final cost of the project was $108,112.
Date added: October 28, 2014
A WPA press release from Dec. 1937 reported: “At Aberdeen the “E” Street approach to the Wishkah Street Bridge will be improved through WPA funds totalling $1,277 and an appropriation from the City ef $1,112.50. A WPA crew begins immediately… read more