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    Sewer System – Atlanta GA

    Date added: December 7, 2018; Modified: December 16, 2018

    Numerous New Deal agencies contributed to the development of metropolitan Atlanta’s sewer system during the Great Depression. Atlanta initially applied for PWA funding in July 1933, but lack of local contribution caused the city government to withdraw the application and… read more

    WPA Center – Carrollton GA

    Date added: October 26, 2018; Modified: October 27, 2018

    Carrollton, Georgie’s historic City Gym building, now known as WPA Center, is a stone building located at the corner of North Cliff and Chandler Streets, overlooking Park (US 27). The building was constructed with Works Progress Administration (WPA) labor in… read more

    "Experimenting with the First Model of the Cotton Gin"

    Emanuel County Court House Mural – Swainsboro GA

    Date added: July 25, 2014; Modified: July 12, 2018

    “Experimenting with the First Model of the Cotton Gin” was painted by Edna Reindel with funding from the Treasury Section of Fine Arts for what was then the local post office. The post office has since been incorporated into the… read more

    City Hall (former) – Dalton GA

    Date added: January 2, 2018

    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed Dalton’s old City Hall in 1936. The building is still municipally owned and serves as a secondary city office building.

    Ocmulgee National Monument: Footbridge – Macon GA

    Date added: December 23, 2017

    CCC work at Ocmulgee National Monument included: “preparing trails, including a bridge between the museum and Earthlodge that has become a local landmark.” While the wood surface of the bridge has been replaced, the stone base supports are original.

    Ocmulgee National Monument: Earthlodge Restoration – Macon GA

    Date added: December 23, 2017; Modified: December 23, 2017

    The CCC worked to restore Earthlodge at Ocmulgee National Monument. NPS.gov: “At the Earthlodge, enrollees puddled clay in large pits, mixed in straw, and then applied the mixture to the inner concrete wall to simulate the Indian architecture. The public… read more

    Ocmulgee National Monument – Macon GA

    Date added: December 23, 2017; Modified: December 23, 2017

    Numerous New Deal agencies had a tremendous impact on the development of Ocmulgee National Monument, the site of pre-Columbian southeastern settlement dating back millennia. “The largest dig ever conducted in this country occurred here at Ocmulgee and the surrounding area…. read more

    City Hall (former) – Cedartown GA

    Date added: November 8, 2017; Modified: November 9, 2017

    In 1935, the Works Progress Administration funded the construction of a new city hall for Cedartown. Designed by Atlanta architect Otis Clay Poundstone, the Neoclassical Revival style city hall stands out as it overlooks downtown with Main Street (old US… read more

    Post Office (former) – Adel GA

    Date added: December 18, 2016; Modified: August 15, 2017

    The historic former post office building in Adel, Georgia was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds ca. 1939. The building now serves as the Cook County Historical Society Museum. A New Deal mural, which had been created and housed in… read more

    "Plantation Scene"

    Post Office Mural – Adel GA

    Date added: October 28, 2012; Modified: August 15, 2017

    Alice Flint completed this mural, entitled “Plantation Scene,” in 1941 with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. It was installed in the original Adel post office. It has since been moved to the new one, where it… read more

    Post Office (former) – Sylvester GA

    Date added: August 15, 2017

    The historic former post office in Sylvester, Georgia was constructed with Treasury Department funds in 1937. An example of New Deal artwork created for the facility was relocated to the community’s current post office. The former post office is now… read more

    "Cantaloupe Industry"

    Post Office Mural – Sylvester GA

    Date added: August 15, 2017; Modified: August 15, 2017

    Chester Tingler painted this oil-on-canvas work, entitled “Cantaloupe Industry,” with Section funding, for the then-new Sylvester post office in 1939. The work has since been relocated; it now resides in the lobby of the new post office east of downtown.