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Hide Search OptionsDate added: July 23, 2012; Modified: December 21, 2014
“Raleigh Little Theatre (RLT) is a community theatre in Raleigh, North Carolina that produces 10 to 11 full productions annually and maintains a comprehensive youth and adult theatre education programs… Raleigh Little Theatre started in 1935-36 when a group of… read more
Date added: November 19, 2014
A substantial waterworks construction project in Elizabethtown, North Carolina was enabled by federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds during the Great Depression. The PWA provided an $36,000 loan and $13,544 outright grant to the community for the project, whose total… read more
Date added: November 19, 2014
A waterworks construction project in Spruce Pine, North Carolina was enabled by federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds during the Great Depression. The PWA provided an $11,000 loan and $4,051 outright grant to the community for the project, whose total… read more
Date added: November 19, 2014
A substantial waterworks construction project in Burgaw, North Carolina was enabled by federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds during the Great Depression. The PWA provided a $34,500 loan and $13,500 outright grant to the community for the project, whose total… read more
Date added: November 19, 2014; Modified: November 19, 2014
A substantial waterworks construction project in Murfreesboro, North Carolina was enabled by federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds during the Great Depression. The PWA provided a $45,000 loan and $12,831 outright grant to the community for the project, whose total… read more
Date added: November 19, 2014
A substantial waterworks construction project in Granite Falls, North Carolina was enabled by federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds during the Great Depression. The PWA provided a $41,500 loan and $16,830 outright grant to the community for the project, whose… read more
Date added: November 12, 2014; Modified: November 13, 2014
“$150,000 of WPA money went to Raleigh Municipal Airport for paving runways.” (ncsu.edu) The airport, which was located south of Raleigh, no longer exists.
Date added: November 12, 2014; Modified: November 12, 2014
Durham, North Carolina’s Long Meadow Pool (located at Long Meadow Park) was constructed with federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) funds in 1937.
Date added: September 25, 2014; Modified: November 12, 2014
North Carolina Central University, in Durham, North Carolina, was dramatically expanded as five new buildings were constructed on the campus as part of a federal Public Works Administration (PWA) project during the Great Depression. B. N. Duke Auditorium, the Robinson… read more
Date added: November 11, 2014; Modified: November 11, 2014
Richard B. Harrison Auditorium, part of the campus of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, was constructed in 1939 with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration funds. The building, which has since been expanded, is still in use… read more
Date added: July 27, 2014; Modified: November 6, 2014
The H.L. Trigg Building, on the campus of Elizabeth City State University, was originally the G.L. Little Library and later the Thorpe Administration Building. It was built with Public Works Administration and state funds. It was dedicated in May 1939,… read more
Date added: November 4, 2014; Modified: November 6, 2014
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro’s Alumni House was constructed as part of a federal Public Works Administration (PWA) project during the 1930s. “The Alumni House was built and furnished for about $155,000, which included a Public Works Administration… read more
Date added: November 4, 2014; Modified: November 6, 2014
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro’s Spencer Hall was extensively renovated as part of a federal Public Works Administration (PWA) project during the 1930s. “In 1938 came a thorough-going modernization and improvement … It was … the ready availability… read more
Date added: November 4, 2014; Modified: November 4, 2014
Numerous municipal improvement projects were undertaken in Lenoir, North Carolina as part of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) projects during the 1930s. A waterworks construction project was undertaken in the city with work occurring between October 1934 and February 1935…. read more
Date added: November 4, 2014; Modified: November 4, 2014
Numerous municipal improvement projects were undertaken in Lenoir, North Carolina as part of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) projects during the 1930s. A street improvement project was undertaken in the city with work occurring between September 1934 and January 1935…. read more