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Date added: September 6, 2019
The Works Progress Administration built the Fire and Community House in Plainville CT. Today, the structure houses the Plainville Recreation Department and the Youth Services office.
Date added: June 18, 2019
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built a disposal plant in Putnam CT, circa 1936-1937. The WPA-built facilities included the control house and plant filter beds.
Date added: June 15, 2019
The Works Progress Administration built a new high school and athletic field in Griswold CT. The school was built in Moderne style with brick veneer walls. Pictured is a football game in progress, circa 1937. The exact location and condition of… read more
Date added: June 14, 2019
The Public Works Administration funded the construction of a new school in Lyme CT. The school was built in colonial style with rock veneer walls. The exact location and condition of this structure are unknown to the Living New Deal.
Date added: June 9, 2019
The Federal Works Agency built defense housing units in Fairfield CT. Pictured is a model unit with asbestos shingle and brick veneer construction. The Federal Works Agency planned to build more than 5,000 units across Connecticut.
Date added: April 3, 2018
The Public Works of Art Project (PWAP) created a set of murals for what was then the Junior-Senior High School in Darien, Connecticut, now its town hall. “In Darien, approximately 11 artists, Robert Pallesen, James Daugherty, Arthur Gibson Hull, Remington… read more
Date added: April 2, 2018
The Timothy Ahearn Memorial in New Haven, Connecticut was created under the auspices of the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Art Project in 1937.
Date added: March 23, 2018
The history of Boyle Stadium, which is located behind Stamford High School, is detailed on the school’s website: “Beginning in 1935, federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) funds helped support the construction behind Stamford High of the [premier] high school stadium… read more
Date added: March 23, 2018
America Builds: “Many schools for feeble-minded and epileptic children have been built … At Mansfield the State of Connecticut maintains a school, which with the aid of a PWA grant of $2,576,700 provides living and hospitalization facilities, as well as… read more
Date added: March 2, 2018
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) constructed the dam at the south end of Green Fall Pond in Voluntown, Connecticut.
Date added: March 2, 2018
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) constructed a bath house at Phillips Pond in Voluntown, Connecticut. The exact location and status of the facility are presently unknown to Living New Deal.
Date added: March 2, 2018
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) constructed a bath house at Green Fall Pond / [Park] in Voluntown, Connecticut. The exact location and status of the facility are presently unknown to Living New Deal.
Date added: March 2, 2018
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) constructed Green Fall Pond Road in Voluntown, Connecticut.
Date added: March 2, 2018
Pachaug State Forest is the largest forest in Connecticut. After the land was acquired by the state, “Laborers from New Deal programs such as the … Civilian Conservation Corps then turned these newly acquired lands into usable open space …” The… read more
Date added: March 2, 2018
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)’s Camp Roberts, which housed Company #175, was stationed at Black Rock State Park in Thomaston, Connecticut. The camp was established May 30, 1933 and was discontinued Sept. 28, 1937. The camp’s “main projects were: building… read more