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Date added: September 13, 2014; Modified: May 18, 2022
Sims College, a dormitory building on the University of South Carolina campus in Columbia, SC, was constructed in 1939, “part of the extensive building program launched on the campus in the late 1930s as part of the New Deal. Forty-five… read more
Date added: September 13, 2014; Modified: May 18, 2022
Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, South Carolina was constructed in 1823 with additions constructed in 1936 and 1939. Short and Stanley-Brown: “This [PWA] project consisted of additions to the courthouse and the construction of [a] two-story reinforced-concrete jail.”
Date added: May 17, 2022
By the early twentieth century, the area that would become the Robert Mills Manor site consisted of a large assemblage of dilapidated late-19th and early-20th century residences and tenements surrounding the county’s jail on the corner of Franklin and Magazine… read more
Date added: May 7, 2019; Modified: May 16, 2022
The Spartanburg Municipal Airport opened in 1927. The Civil Works Administration graded the field, erected two runways and completed a new lighting system in 1933-1934. Work was noted to be started by 22 December 1933 and was to be completed… read more
Date added: May 21, 2013; Modified: May 16, 2022
“McKissick Museum is located at the heart of the historic Horseshoe on the Columbia campus of the University of South Carolina. It was established in 1976 by the University Board of Trustees to bring together under one roof the many… read more
Date added: February 13, 2015; Modified: May 13, 2022
The historic former post office building in Woodruff, South Carolina was constructed ca. 1939-40 with Treasury Department funds. The building is now privately owned.
Date added: February 12, 2022; Modified: February 12, 2022
“The Charleston Naval Base provided defense for the United States from its formation in 1901 to its closure in 1996. Originally designated as the Navy Yard and later as the Naval Base it had a large impact upon the local… read more
Date added: March 17, 2021; Modified: March 17, 2021
It served as the Berkeley County Library from 1938 to 1970. The building was moved from Library Street around the corner to 221 First Street in 1969 and continued to serve customers until the grand opening of the new library… read more
Date added: January 14, 2021; Modified: January 18, 2021
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation and the Public Works Administration funded the construction of municipal waterworks in Moncks Corner SC. Before the waterworks construction, the townspeople of Moncks Corner relied on individual electric pumps and wells for their water supply.
Date added: January 10, 2021; Modified: January 10, 2021
The building was the county police headquarters and 40-bed capacity county jail from 1938 until 1993 when it was razed to make way for a 220-bed facility.
Date added: August 7, 2018; Modified: November 22, 2020
The Robert Mills Manor public housing project in Charleston, South Carolina was constructed with New Deal funds, likely under the auspices of the Public Works Administration (PWA). The Library of Congress: “The Robert Mills Manor Remains as Charleston’s earliest and… read more
Date added: August 30, 2017; Modified: October 24, 2018
The American Legion building is a Colonial Revival-style stone building that was built by the Works Progress Administration from 1936 to 1937 as a meeting hall for Post 28 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. It still serves that function today. The… read more
Date added: April 3, 2018; Modified: October 2, 2018
What was then known as the Municipal Yacht Basin was constructed as a New Deal project, undertaken by the Civil Works Administration (CWA) and Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA). As part of the broader development: “The City of Charleston continued to… read more
Date added: September 13, 2014; Modified: April 3, 2018
The historic Dock Street Theater, known as America’s First Theater, in Charleston, South Carolina, was the subject of a massive Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) and Works Project Administration (WPA) renovation project between 1935 and 1937. The structure was designed… read more
Date added: November 15, 2014; Modified: February 13, 2018
A waterworks construction project was undertaken in Spartanburg, South Carolina between 1934 and 1935 with funds provided by the federal Public Works Administration. (PWA Docket No. SC 5144)