Date added: September 25, 2014; Modified: September 25, 2014
The November 1935 issue of California Highway & Public Works reported on New Deal work in the country of Guatamala. “PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT has approved a program of bridge construction work on the route of the Inter-American highway in Central America,… read more
Date added: September 25, 2014
Decatur, Illinois received a storm relief sewer system in a project begun in 1938 with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds.
Date added: March 31, 2014; Modified: September 23, 2014
The Terrebonne Parish Courthouse in Houma, LA was one of 11 in the state attributable to the PWA. KnowLA writes that the parishes that received new courthouses are: Caldwell, Cameron, East Carroll, Iberia, Jackson, Madison, Natchitoches, Rapides, St. Bernard, St…. read more
Date added: September 13, 2014; Modified: September 22, 2014
“Monkey Island, (converted to a bighorn sheep exhibit in the 1990s, and now removed as of 2010), was constructed by the Works Progress Administration in 1936.”
Date added: November 26, 2012; Modified: September 19, 2014
The historic post office building in Richfield Springs, New York features a 1942 Section of Fine Arts mural in the lobby. The mural, painted by John W. Taylor, depicts a local landscape.
Date added: July 27, 2012; Modified: September 19, 2014
“The Emma Hart Willard Memorial, is a public artwork by designed by Pierre Zwick and Marion Guild and sculpted by T.A. Campbell who worked for the Houlihan Shop in Rutland, Vermont. Erected in 1941, the memorial is located in a… read more
Date added: August 1, 2014; Modified: September 19, 2014
At a cost of approximately $6,000, “…an extensive arcade system of walkways” was completed at the two schools in Clarksdale (Arcade sidewalks, p. 1).
Date added: May 23, 2013; Modified: September 19, 2014
“The ‘New Deal’ legislation passed under President Franklin Roosevelt’s administration set the stage for the construction of the Wishek Civic Center. The Wishek Civic Center was built under the auspices of a federal worker relief program known as the Works… read more
Date added: September 16, 2014; Modified: September 17, 2014
The Public Works Administration completed this expansion of St. James High School in 1940. The building’s cornerstone was laid on October 11, 1940 by the Grand Masonic Lodge of Missouri, of which U.S. Senator and future President Harry S. Truman… read more
Date added: September 16, 2014
The earthen works from the original Civil War fort and a replica powder house were restored by the Works Progress Administration in 1936 and 1937. During the Civil War, it was one of the forts that guarded the City of… read more
Date added: May 13, 2014; Modified: September 16, 2014
Medium: oil on canvas A 1938 Section of Fine Arts-funded oil painting titled “Rachel Silverthorne’s Ride” was painted by John W. Beauchamp and hangs in the post office lobby.
Date added: September 15, 2014
The Shannon County Courthouse was designed by architect Dan R. Sanford of Springfield, MO. The Works Progress Administration completed the public building in 1941. The building was constructed after a fire destroyed the previous courthouse. A referendum was held on… read more
Date added: September 14, 2014; Modified: September 14, 2014
This building was constructed as a schoolhouse for the rural community of Garwood by the Works Progress Administration of local materials and completed in 1940. The building also served as a community center. It is currently a private residence.
Date added: September 14, 2014
“The Dayton Community Hall is a community building located at 410 Bridge St. in Dayton, Wyoming. The hall was built in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration. The people of Dayton used the hall for community gatherings, as their previous… read more
Date added: January 23, 2013; Modified: September 14, 2014
Medium: oil on canvas “The Wedding of Ortez and SaOwana–Christmas 1540 was painted by Joseph Pollet and completed and installed in 1939. The mural depicts the feast given by Spanish explorer Hernando DeSoto to honor the first recorded Christian… read more