Date added: October 1, 2013; Modified: October 1, 2014
Contracts for the construction of two high schools in Cecil County (Cecilton and Chesapeake City) were awarded to the Lang Brothers of Baltimore by the PWA in December 1938. The $136,190 contract for the Cecilton high school called for “a… read more
Date added: October 1, 2013; Modified: October 1, 2014
Contracts for the construction of two high schools in Cecil County (Cecilton and Chesapeake City) were awarded to to Lang Brothers of Baltimore by the PWA in December 1938. The $134,800 contract for the Chesapeake City high school called for… read more
Date added: September 30, 2014; Modified: September 30, 2014
Ann Rice O’Hanlon’s was commissioned in 1934 through the Treasury Relief Art Project to create a fresco featured in Memorial Hall on the University of Kentucky’s Lexington campus. “The large fresco in the lobby of Memorial Hall depicts scenes from… read more
Date added: March 25, 2014; Modified: September 30, 2014
Friday, February 16 – “About 100 CWA men are working on Lafayette Field. The football field will have a cinder track around it, and a baseball diamond will also be laid out. The fields will be surrounded by at least… read more
Date added: September 28, 2014; Modified: September 30, 2014
Sayville’s Suffolk County News reported in 1935 that more than $420,000 in PWA funds were allocated toward the completion of the Shinnecock Canal, including the construction of two jetties at its “northerly entrance.”
Date added: September 29, 2014; Modified: September 30, 2014
Riverside Park in Buffalo, New York was improved in 1938 by the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA). 230 men were put to work on the project.
Date added: August 10, 2014; Modified: September 29, 2014
Holland, New York’s Town Hall was constructed by the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1937-38. The building is still in use today.
Date added: September 29, 2014; Modified: September 29, 2014
Sheridan Park in Tonawanda, New York was one of a number of parks in Erie County improved ca. 1936 by the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA).
Date added: September 29, 2014
According to local sources, “Wales Center Burying Ground” was “renovated into modern cemetery” using federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) labor ca. 1936. The cemetery in question is likely that at 12150 Big Tree Rd.
Date added: August 19, 2014; Modified: September 29, 2014
The WPA Floyd River Project involved paving the channel of the river as it passed through the stockyards. The stockyards provided thousands of jobs; they were a very strong economic force in Sioux City and the surrounding agricultural industry. The… read more
Date added: September 28, 2014; Modified: September 28, 2014
The oil-on-canvas mural “Locomotive Repair Operation” was painted as a federal Treasury Department Section of Fine Arts project by Harold Lehman. The work was installed in the lobby of the then-new Renovo post office in 1943.
Date added: September 28, 2014; Modified: September 28, 2014
The plaster bas relief sculpture that hangs in the lobby of the Mercersburg, Pennsylvania post office is entitled “Good News.” The work was created by Joseph Nicolosi and installed at the post office in 1938.
Date added: September 28, 2014; Modified: September 28, 2014
The tempera-on-canvas mural “Susquehanna Trail” was painted as a federal Treasury Department Section of Fine Arts project by George Rickey. The work was installed in the lobby of the then-new Selinsgrove post office in 1939.
Date added: September 28, 2014; Modified: September 28, 2014
The tempera-on-canvas mural “Susquehanna Trail” was painted as a federal Treasury Department Section of Fine Arts project by Harry Sternberg. The work was installed in the lobby of the then-new Sellersville post office in 1937.
Date added: September 28, 2014; Modified: September 28, 2014
The bas relief sculpture that hangs in the lobby of the Northumberland, Pennsylvania post office is entitled “Dr. Joseph Priestley.” Carved from red mahogany, the work was created by Dina Melicov and installed at the post office in 1942.