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Hide Search OptionsDate 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
Date added: September 11, 2014; Modified: September 11, 2014
“The New Deal continued to build facilities that would eventually contribute to Las Vegas’s emergence as a resort city. … Access to Las Vegas was also improved when New Deal funding finished the paving and widening of the Los Angeles… read more
Date added: September 11, 2014
“Between 1934 and 1935, Civil Works Administration and Federal Emergency Relief Administration workers had repaved over fifty-eight blocks. Much of the work was in the suburbs, where the “dust menace” had long been a problem.”
Date added: September 11, 2014
The federal Public Works Administration provided a hefty loan and grant enabling the construction of a power line that would bring electricity from the then-newly completed Hoover Dam to the eastern Nevada town of Pioche. Nevadaculture.org: “[Then-Director of the Public… read more
Date added: July 18, 2013; Modified: September 11, 2014
Medium: oil on canvas This mural, “The Clemens Family Arrives in Monroe County,” depicts the arrival of a young Samuel Clemens on horseback with his father, as Samuel points to his new home and women ride in a fancy carriage… read more
Date added: December 11, 2011; Modified: September 11, 2014
Medium: oil on canvas This 1936 Section of Fine Arts mural by Ross E. Moffett depicts “Captain Alezur Holyoke’s Exploring Party on the Connecticut River.” The mural depicts the original explorers of the Connecticut River lead by the town’s namesake… read more
Date added: May 13, 2014; Modified: September 10, 2014
This Section of Fine Arts-funded walnut wood relief titled “Pennsylvania Farming” was carved by Roy King and installed in the post office lobby in 1937.