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Date added: October 5, 2013; Modified: October 5, 2013
After the Hall County Courthouse in Gainesville, GA, was destroyed by a tornado on April 6, 1936, the PWA dedicated funds toward its reconstruction. A “marker and bronze tablet [were placed in front of the building] honoring President Roosevelt and… read more
Date added: October 5, 2013; Modified: October 5, 2013
Designed by William J.J. Chase in the Stripped Classical style, the Oconee County Courthouse was built by the PWA and opened in 1939.
Date added: March 23, 2013; Modified: March 23, 2013
From the summer of 1938 to early 1942, Civilian Conservation Corps Camp NP-4 provided improvements to the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park. During its operation, the camp’s enrollees cut trails and roads, implemented fire suppression measures, improved erosion control at… read more
Date added: March 23, 2013; Modified: March 23, 2013
Between 1938 and 1940 the WPA and the War Department conducted a joint effort to improve the landscape design of the Marietta National Cemetery (c. 1866). Though an elaborate archway and speaking platform had been erected in the late nineteenth… read more
Date added: March 23, 2013; Modified: March 23, 2013
In 1940 and 1941, the Marietta Board of Education and the WPA collaborated on modernizing the athletic field of Marietta High School. Work included grading the field to facilitate drainage, the construction of concrete stands, the installation of lights for… read more
Date added: October 28, 2012; Modified: October 28, 2012
Section of Fine Arts mural entitled “Arrival of the Atlanta & West Point Railroad” painted in 1936.
Date added: December 7, 2011; Modified: June 10, 2012
"There had been no courthouse and no proper place for the storage of records until the completion of the new courthouse in December 1936. The building is two stories in height and houses all of the county offices, the court,… read more
Date added: December 7, 2011; Modified: June 10, 2012
"Mitchell County is a prosperous agricultural district. Its sound financial condition aided by a grant from the PWA enabled it to erect a court house building and a jail building both much needed in the county. The upper picture shows… read more
Date added: January 6, 2012
"The Savannah Arts Academy building is located on a site that was originally planned as a luxury tourist hotel called the Hotel Georgia. The Works Progress Administration, in the midst of the Great Depression, expressed interest in the site for… read more
Date added: December 7, 2011
"It contains 10 classrooms, an auditorium, a library, and other facilities. The building is not fireproof. The outer walls are cinder block, covered with brick veneer. The interior and roof framing are wood. The auditorium roof is carried on steel… read more