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The WPA did extensive work on the building: rehabilitating, altering, and adding additional space. Redecorating the walls, ceilings, and Capitol dome. Repairing marble floors. Hundreds of windows weather-stripped. Expansion of the basement area via excavation, creating additional storage space. Improvement… read more
Date added: August 3, 2014; Modified: August 3, 2014
Designed by Robert R. Graham of Middletown, NY, Tupper Lake, New York’s then-high school was constructed with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration funds during the 1930s (PWA Docket No. 6423). It is possible this project consisted of just… read more
Date added: August 3, 2014; Modified: August 3, 2014
Buffalo, New York’s first public housing project, known as Kenfield, was located on what had previously been vacant land a few miles northeast of the city’s downtown. Federal Public Works Administration funds (Docket No. H-6703) supported the project’s construction. The… read more
Date added: August 1, 2014
$107,000 was approved in the WPA project no. 41003 for the Delta Station Forest Tract for fire lanes, roadways, and general improvements. The Experiment Station purpose was experimental work in lowland forest types. Henry Parker, of Grenada, Mississippi was the… read more
Date added: August 1, 2014
With WPA support, a school lunchroom was added to the Munday school for African Americans. Two women were certified to prepare and serve 40 meals a day, at a cost of five cents each. The school’s PTA raised the money… read more
Date added: July 29, 2014; Modified: August 1, 2014
The local high school football stadium known as H. A. Eggerss Stadium was a WPA project dedicated September 18 1936, the night of the first high school football game held there. Hans Eggerss, founder of the Continental Can Co. which… read more
Date added: January 3, 2012; Modified: July 31, 2014
“The Lockport Public Library project was begun as the result of two generous bequests from citizens of the town. It was carried out with the assistance of municipal and P.W.A. funds [Docket No. NY 1063-R]. The building is H-shaped in… read more
Date added: July 31, 2014
Lawrence Middle School in Lawrence, New York was originally constructed as the town’s high school during the 1930s. The project was aided by federal Public Works Administration funds (PWA Docket No. NY 2724). The building replaced an old high school… read more
Date added: July 31, 2014; Modified: July 31, 2014
Chestertown, New York’s Central Grade & High School was constructed during the 1930s with the assistance federal Public Works Administration funds (Docket No. NY 3629). The old Central School, on State Route 9, still stands, though its current use is… read more
Date added: July 31, 2014
The public library in Mount Vernon, New York was expanded with a new addition during the 1930s, aided by federal Public Works Administration funds. The library is still in use today. The addition is located at the S. 2nd Avenue… read more
Date added: July 31, 2014
Dryden Elementary School was originally constructed as the Dryden Central Grade & High School during the 1930s. The building was financed in part with federal Public Works Administration funds (Docket No. NY 1257 [A-D]). The building has since been expanded.
Date added: July 30, 2014; Modified: July 30, 2014
Quogue School was constructed during the 1930s; the project aided by federal Public Works Administration funds (Docket No. NY 4042). The building is still in use today.
Date added: July 30, 2014; Modified: July 30, 2014
Federal Public Works Administration Docket No. NY 2754 entailed the construction of two school buildings in Jamestown, New York: the new Jamestown High School and the Industrial Arts Building nearby. “In 1935 a new Jamestown High School opened for classes…. read more
Date added: July 30, 2014; Modified: July 30, 2014
Federal Public Works Administration Docket No. NY 2754 entailed the construction of two school buildings in Jamestown, New York: the new Jamestown High School and the Industrial Arts Building, which was located to the school’s southeast. Modern imagery suggests that… read more
Date added: July 30, 2014
The Central School in DeRuyter, NY was originally known as the Central Grade and High School. This PWA project (Docket No. NY 6983) was completed during the 1930s. The building has since been expanded. The school was designed by Carl… read more
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