Date added: September 13, 2014; Modified: September 13, 2014
The bridge bringing King Road across Belle River in China Township, Michigan was funded with the support of New Deal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The current status of the bridge is unknown, but Living New Deal believes it has… read more
Date added: July 23, 2012; Modified: September 13, 2014
“Lake Greenwood State Recreation Area is a state park located near the town of Ninety Six in Greenwood County, South Carolina. The 914-acre (3.7 km2) park partially sits on a series of peninsulas on the 114,000-acre (461.3 km2) Lake Greenwood. The state… read more
Date added: September 13, 2014; Modified: September 13, 2014
The old high school in Hartsville, South Carolina featured a large New Deal-funded addition courtesy the federal Public Works Administration (PWA). The exact location and current status of the site is presently unknown to Living New Deal. “The city of… read more
Date added: September 13, 2014
Fountain Inn, South Carolina’s Younts Center for the Performing Arts was originally constructed as a high school. According to the building’s National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: “Fountain Inn High School is located on North Main Street, near the… read more
Date added: September 11, 2014; Modified: September 13, 2014
“The Economic Activities of the Narragansett Planters” is a Treasury Section of Fine Arts mural, painted by Ernest Hamlin Baker, that was originally installed in the Wakefield, Rhode Island post office. The mural was relocated in 1999 and currently resides… read more
Date added: September 13, 2014; Modified: September 13, 2014
In 2013 the Department of Housing and Urban Development wrote: “Built in 1937 as a Works Progress Administration project, the Wilkesboro, North Carolina Elementary School, known as the Historic Wilkesboro School, was recently transformed into an affordable housing community for… read more
Date added: September 13, 2014; Modified: September 13, 2014
“The Mauldin Cultural Center, on the same grounds as the Gosnell cabin, is also historical. The building, built between 1935 and 1937 by the Works Progress Administration, was a high school until 1957, then an elementary school until 2002. The… read more
Date added: September 13, 2014; Modified: September 13, 2014
The massive Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina was originally constructed as the 17,600-seat Columbia Municipal Stadium in 1934. Sources claim that the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) provided significant funds / labor for the project’s construction; however, as the… read more
Date added: September 13, 2014; Modified: September 13, 2014
Wikipedia: “Parker High School Auditorium is a historic high school auditorium located at Greenville, South Carolina. It was built in 1938 with funding provided by the Works Progress Administration. It is a Classical Revival style 7,500-square-foot rectangular brick building with… read more
Date added: September 13, 2014; Modified: September 13, 2014
The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted construction and other improvement work at Charleston Field, today the joint military-civilian airfield site of Charleston Field [Joint Base Charleston] and Charleston International Airport. “During the 1930s, airport operations expanded to keep pace… read more
Date added: August 11, 2014; Modified: September 13, 2014
What is now Palace Apartments started out as Williamson Mill (a cotton mill)—built in 1902. Sometime after that it was bought and plans were made to convert the building into a county multi-use building (basketball, boxing, tennis, indoor track, concerts,… read more
Date added: April 15, 2013; Modified: September 13, 2014
“Mt. Pleasant City Hall on West Monroe Street. Built in 1936 by W.P.A. workers from Bedford stone salvaged from Seeley Memorial High School.” https://iagenweb.org
Date added: September 12, 2014
Sirrine Stadium, in Greenville, South Carolina, was constructed with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds in 1936. The stadium, as of 2014, was last renovated in 2002. Greenville schools: “Sirrine Stadium has a long and rich history… read more
Date added: September 12, 2014
According to the National Register of Historic Places nomination form for the Poynor Junior High School in Florence, South Carolina: “A two-story brick wing was built onto the south elevation ca. 1935 by the Works Progress Administration …” The building… read more
Date added: September 12, 2014
The federal Public Works Administration provided funds for the construction of a community building in Hartsville, South Carolina during the mid-1930s. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Wikipedia: “The Center Theater in Hartsville, South Carolina… read more