Lake Moxie Road – West Forks ME
Date added: July 10, 2014; Modified: July 10, 2014
Built by the Greenville 160th CCC company from a side camp in the tiny village of Shirley.
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Clifty Falls State Park – Madison IN
Date added: July 10, 2014; Modified: July 10, 2014
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Company 1597 was active at Clifty Falls from November 1933 until 1938. The CCC built roads, trails, gatehouses, shelters, barns, and more. To enhance the outdoors experience projects exhibited designs that were rustic and harmonious with… read more
Loy Park – Denison TX
Date added: January 30, 2014; Modified: July 9, 2014
A marker erected in 1998 describes the CCC’s role in developing Loy Park and Loy Lake: “Grayson County officials became aware of a growing need for a public recreation facility for the area’s approximately 65,500 residents in 1930. Three years… read more
Booker T. Washington School (demolished) – Gainesville TX
Date added: January 27, 2014; Modified: July 9, 2014
Text on a historical marker at the school reads: “In 1880, two years before the City of Gainesville created a public school system for all its children, Island Sparks, a young Mulatto, taught the black children of the city. In… read more
Douglass and Harrison Apartments (demolished) – Newark NJ
Date added: July 9, 2014
The since-demolished Douglass and Harrison Apartments was a housing project in Newark, New Jersey. According to the Federal Writers’ Project, “Construction costs (approximately $1,800,000) were reduced through the help of the city and the Civil Works Administration in grading the… read more
Rancocas Creek Beautification – Hainesport NJ
Date added: July 9, 2014
The Federal Writers’ Project detailed a small CCC undertaking: [In Hainesport, New Jersey] State 38 crosses the South Branch of Rancocas Creek, water highway for nearly 200 years, now a favorite resort of canoeists. Tiny fir trees have been planted… read more
William H. Foote Homes – Memphis TN
Date added: July 9, 2014
Foote Homes public housing opened in 1940 with 900 units designated for African American families. Foote is the last remaining public housing facility in Memphis and occupies 46 acres near downtown Memphis. It was one of several public housing complexes… read more
Hart Park – Bakersfield CA
Date added: October 5, 2010; Modified: July 6, 2014
“In 1921, the County provided funds to purchase the Park property and a token sum was provided by the City for construction along with a quantity of locally donated labor and funds until 1931. As the Great Depression began to… read more
Municipal Road Improvements – Berlin NH
Date added: May 30, 2014; Modified: July 6, 2014
Extensive work was done in Berlin by a combination of the CWA, FERA, PWA, NYA, CCC and WPA all during the existence of the New Deal when “in 1935, under the leadership of newly-elected Mayor Arthur Bergeron, the Farmer-Labor Party… read more
Post Office Mural – La Grange TX
Date added: August 17, 2013; Modified: July 5, 2014
The mural “Horses” was created by Tom Lewis in 1939.
Post Office Mural – Spencer IN
Date added: July 30, 2013; Modified: July 4, 2014
“Harvesting” is a Section of Fine Arts mural completed by Joseph Meert in 1940 for the Spencer post office. The size of the mural is 14′ x 5′ and the medium is tempera and oil on canvas.
Post Office Mural – Martinsville IN
Date added: July 30, 2013; Modified: July 4, 2014
“The Arrival of the Mail” is a Section of Fine Arts mural completed by Alan Tompkins in 1937 for the Martinsville post office. The size of the mural is 16′ x 5’6″ and the medium is oil on canvas.
Chickasaw National Recreation Area, Platt National Park – Sulphur OK
Date added: March 19, 2013; Modified: July 2, 2014
The CCC was extensively involved in development of the portion of the Chickasaw National Recreation Area formerly known as Platt National Park: “Originally known as Sulphur Springs Reservation, and later renamed Platt National Park, the park was established in 1902… read more
Post Office Relief – Whitman MA
Date added: May 1, 2014; Modified: July 1, 2014
The post office contains a Section of Fine Arts funded plaster relief titled “Liberty” hangs in the lobby. It was created by Attilio Piccirilli in 1940.
Newcastle Roadside Park – Newcastle TX
Date added: June 30, 2014
Roadside picnic areas were created by the National Youth Administration in cooperation with the Texas Highway Department. Lyndon Baines Johnson was the first director of the Texas branch of NYA from 1935-37. Tables and benches were built of local materials,… read more