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Date added: April 12, 2015; Modified: April 12, 2015
“The Winchester cemetery benefited from federal programs initiated during the Great Depression. In 1930, the original tool house/comfort station was removed and a new, brick and stucco tool house/storage/comfort station building was erected by Civil Works Administration labor.* During 1934… read more
Date added: April 3, 2015
The FWA constructed two sewers as part of the work done in Fairfax County. From the Washington Post: “The biggest sewer job in this area is the 20-mile Fairfax County trunk sewer costing approximately $1,500,000. There are two branches of… read more
Date added: May 23, 2013; Modified: March 29, 2015
“Built in 1939 during the Great Depression by the Public Works Administration on eight acres of land purchased with private donations from black citizens who had formed a “county league” for that purpose, the Stafford Training School was the only… read more
Date added: March 29, 2015
A waterworks improvement project in Fredericksburg, Virginia was undertaken during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $50,850 grant for the project, whose total cost was $113,165. Work occurred between September… read more
Date added: March 29, 2015
A waterworks construction project in Herndon, Virginia was undertaken during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $30,572 grant for the project, whose total cost was $67,938. Work occurred between November… read more
Date added: March 29, 2015; Modified: March 29, 2015
A waterworks construction project in Gloucester [Courthouse], Virginia was undertaken during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $15,300 grant for the project, whose total cost was $34,159. Work occurred between… read more
Date added: March 29, 2015; Modified: March 29, 2015
A waterworks improvement project in Lexington, Virginia was undertaken during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $46,919 grant for the project, whose total cost was $104,676. Work occurred between January… read more
Date added: March 29, 2015
A waterworks construction project in Covington, Virginia was undertaken during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $37,575 grant for the project, whose total cost was $80,230. Work occurred between January… read more
Date added: March 29, 2015
Galax, Virginia received a new school in 1937 with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The facility replaced a building that burned in 1936. Living New Deal believes the facility to be what is now Galax Elementary… read more
Date added: March 29, 2015
A sanitary sewer construction project in Fairfax, Virginia was undertaken during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $44,956 grant for the project, whose total cost was $100,088. Work occurred between… read more
Date added: March 29, 2015
The historic Prince Edward County Courthouse in Farmville, Virginia was constructed between November 1938 and November 1939 with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The building, located between Main St. and South St. south of W. 3rd… read more
Date added: February 12, 2012; Modified: March 29, 2015
“The attendance at the University of Virginia had risen to 2,700 students and the accommodations for the library in the rotunda building had become entirely inadequate. The university, accordingly, secured a loan and grant from the P.W.A. and erected the… read more
Date added: July 20, 2014; Modified: March 29, 2015
Creeds School was constructed for the 1939-40 school year with funds provided by the Works Progress Administration. The twelve-room structure served students from first grade through high school in the rural community of Creeds in Princess Anne County, Virginia. In… read more
Date added: March 29, 2015
The federal Works Progress Administration allotted $2,397 for the construction of sidewalks in Lively, Virginia in November 1938.
Date added: March 29, 2015; Modified: March 29, 2015
The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) worked to improve Fort Monroe. $53,924 was allocated for the project in November 1938.