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    Farm-to-Market Road Improvements – Pierce County WA

    Date added: October 25, 2014; Modified: October 25, 2014

    “Work is expected to start November 11 [1937] to provide proper drainage for Tanwax and Kroger farm-to-market roads in Pierce County at an expenditure of $6,000 of which the WA supplies all but $40. The work consists of removing slides,… read more

    School Ground Improvements – Vancouver WA

    Date added: October 25, 2014; Modified: October 25, 2014

    “Rehabilitation of the athletic field and school grounds at Washougal is also expected to begin on December 4 [1937]. The work will consist of grading the field, building a tennis court, cinder track, bleachers and sidewalks. The cost will be… read more

    Leverich Park Improvements – Vancouver WA

    Date added: October 25, 2014; Modified: October 25, 2014

    “Improvement of Leverich Park in the City of Vancouver, slated to begin December 4, with $42,262 made available from WPA funds, calls for the construction of a grandstand, ticket booth, dressing rooms, showers, comfort stations and a tennis court. Also… read more

    Vancouver Barracks Improvements – Vancouver WA

    Date added: October 25, 2014; Modified: October 25, 2014

    “Uncle Sam’s fighting men, stationed at the Army barracks at Vancouver, Wash., will have special cause for celebration next Fourth of July [1938], for the day before is expected to see completion of WPA repairing and general improvement work scheduled… read more

    Little Buffalo River Bridge – Parthenon AR

    Date added: October 17, 2014

    The Little Buffalo River Bridge outside Parthenon, Arkansas, which carries State Highway 327, was constructed with the assistance of the federal Works Progress Administration in 1939. The bridge is still in use today.

    Greenwood Gymnasium – Greenwood AR

    Date added: October 17, 2014; Modified: October 17, 2014

    “The Greenwood Gymnasium is a load-bearing stone masonry building located at 300 E. Gary Street, near downtown Greenwood, Arkansas. It was built in 1938-39 by 100 workers employed and/or directed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) . This durable structure… read more

    Longfellow House – Minneapolis MN

    Date added: October 16, 2014

    The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) renovated what is now known as Longfellow House during the 1930s. The WPA converted the building into the Longfellow Community Library; the project was completed in 1937.

    War Memorial Park – West Bridgewater MA

    Date added: October 16, 2014

    Wikipedia: “War Memorial Park is a public park in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts. It is located south of the town center, bounded by River Street, Arch Street and the Town River. The park was established in the 1930s and was constructed… read more

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    Post Office Relief – Boonton NJ

    Date added: August 20, 2012; Modified: October 16, 2014

    Wooden relief entitled “Morning Mail” created by artist Enid Bell in 1939. Originally in a historic post office building, the relief now hangs in Boonton’s 1970s post office.

    Sidewalks – Oxford MA

    Date added: October 16, 2014; Modified: October 16, 2014

    Multiple New Deal agencies assisted with the construction of sidewalks in Oxford, Mass. and North Oxford, Mass. during the 1930s. One project included the construction of a sidewalk at Barber[‘s] Hollow.

    Municipal Roads – Oxford MA

    Date added: October 16, 2014; Modified: October 16, 2014

    Multiple federal New Deal agencies, particularly the Works Progress Administration (WPA), assisted with the construction of municipal roads in Oxford, Mass. and North Oxford, Mass. during the 1930s. The Report of the Selectman for the town for 1935 states: “…… read more

    Webster Rock School (former) – Webster NC

    Date added: October 16, 2014

    “The Webster Rock School is an historic rock Works Progress Administration school located on NC 116 in Webster, North Carolina, USA. In 1990, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. It once served as Webster High School… read more

    Woodward School (former) – North Oxford MA

    Date added: October 14, 2014; Modified: October 16, 2014

    Oxford, Massachusetts’s old Woodward School received assistance from multiple New Deal programs during the 1930s. In 1933 the Civil Works Administration (CWA) graded a playground at the school and painted and decorated the building, a project which, town reports state,… read more

    Central Cemetery Improvements – Millbury MA

    Date added: October 11, 2014; Modified: October 14, 2014

    Improvements were made to the Central Cemetery in Millbury, Massachusetts with Federal Emergency Relief Act funds in 1933. 282 Millbury locals were given employment in 1933 as a result of the federal E.R.A. The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed… read more

    Memorial Hall Improvements – Oxford MA

    Date added: October 14, 2014

    Oxford, Massachusetts’s Memorial Hall (city hall) received assistance from the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) during the 1930s. The program provided labor for basement improvements and other repairs in 1935; other work was undertaken in 1938, 1939, and 1940.