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Date added: December 12, 2014; Modified: January 25, 2015
Albert A. Murphree Hall was undertaken during the Great Depression with the assistance of the Federal Administration of Public Works. The building is a residence hall on the northern side of the University of Florida. Designed by architect Rudolph Weaver… read more
Date added: October 24, 2013; Modified: January 24, 2015
The historic post office building in Arcadia, Florida contains a 1939 Section of Fine Arts sculpture by Constance Ortmayer entitled “Arcadia.” The sculpture is 3.5′ x 4.’
Date added: July 21, 2012; Modified: January 20, 2015
An addition to the old Martin County courthouse in Stuart, Florida was constructed with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The facility now serves as a cultural center. The PWA supplied a $12,272 grant for the project,… read more
Date added: October 16, 2012; Modified: January 20, 2015
Section of Fine Arts “mural entitled “Loading Pulpwood” painted by George Snow Hill in 1941. When a new post office was built, it was moved to the Santa Rosa Historical Society Museum. A fire there in the last few years,… read more
Date added: January 19, 2015; Modified: January 20, 2015
Florida’s old John Gorrie Memorial Bridge—which carried what is now U.S. 98 over the East Bay between Apalachicola and Eastpoint—was constructed with federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $1,075,000 loan and $350,929 grant for the project,… read more
Date added: January 19, 2015; Modified: January 20, 2015
Miami’s old Northwest 27th Avenue Bridge was constructed with federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The bridge was completed 1939; however, it was largely replaced upon renovation during the late 1980s. Living New Deal believes the moving bridge is PWA… read more
Date added: January 19, 2015
A street light development project in Bradenton, Florida was undertaken with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. Work occurred between December 1938 and May 1939. PWA Docket No. FL [X]1560.
Date added: January 18, 2015; Modified: January 19, 2015
Boca Raton, Florida’s historic Camino Real Bridge was constructed with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA provided a $43,363 grant for the project, whose total cost was $94,163. Construction occurred between September 1938 and May 1939…. read more
Date added: October 17, 2012; Modified: January 18, 2015
George Snow Hill (1898-1969) painted this oil on canvas mural for the Treasury Section of Fine Arts in 1938. “The panel honors the mostly African American laborers who contributed to the local lumber industry.” (visitflorida.com) The mural, entitled “Cypress Logging.”… read more
Date added: January 18, 2015; Modified: January 18, 2015
Bronson, Florida’s historic Levy County Courthouse was constructed with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA provided a $22,500 grant for the project, whose total cost was $58,717. Construction occurred between February and August 1937. The… read more
Date added: November 12, 2014; Modified: January 18, 2015
From the 1990 local landmark application: “Built in 1939, St. Petersburg’s City Hall is significant for its distinction as being one of the few buildings in the City constructed under a PWA (Public Works Administration) grant. It’s construction was made… read more
Date added: July 30, 2012; Modified: January 18, 2015
The PWA funded the construction of Bayshore Boulevard, along Hillsborough Bay in Tampa. At 6.5 miles, it is claimed to be the longest continuous sidewalk in the world.
Date added: January 14, 2015; Modified: January 14, 2015
The seven murals on display in the Airside E Terminal of the Tampa International Airport were commissioned from artist George Snow Hill in 1939 under New Deal sponsorship: “In the late 1930’s, local artist George Snow Hill was commissioned to… read more
Date added: October 17, 2012; Modified: January 4, 2015
“In 1939 the Treasury Department’s Section of Fine Arts contracted Dohanos to paint six murals depicting the “Legend of James Edward Hamilton, Mail Carrier” in the West Palm Beach, Florida Post Office. Hamilton was one of the “barefoot mailmen,” letter… read more
Date added: July 30, 2012; Modified: December 27, 2014
“The Overseas Highway is a 127.5-mile (205.2 km) highway carrying U.S. Route 1 (US 1) through the Florida Keys. Large parts of it were built on the former right-of-way of the Overseas Railroad, the Key West Extension of the Florida East Coast… read more