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Date added: May 28, 2014; Modified: July 19, 2016
This USDA building is a U.S. Treasury project from 1936-37. According to the West Virginia Department of Commerce: “Dedicated in 1937, the USDA building symbolized increased importance of the Department of Agriculture and the Forest Service in the New Deal… read more
Date added: March 10, 2013; Modified: July 19, 2016
Kanawha State Forest—seven miles south of Charleston, West Virginia—offers 9,300 acres of nature and recreation. Activities in the park include camping, hiking, picnicking, horseback riding, and hunting & fishing. There is also a swimming pool, a shooting range, and playgrounds… read more
Date added: July 27, 2015; Modified: July 19, 2016
The WPA constructed new wings on either side of this existing courthouse in 1939.
Date added: January 20, 2013; Modified: July 19, 2016
The West Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind is located in Romney, West Virginia. It has been providing an education for children since 1870. The vision/mission of the West Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind is stated as… read more
Date added: May 3, 2014; Modified: July 19, 2016
The Dolly Sods Wilderness is 17,371 acres of natural area, located in Grant, Randolph, and Tucker counties, West Virginia. Visitors to the area can enjoy hiking, hunting, camping, and picnic areas. Dolly Sods Wilderness has regulations intended to preserve its… read more
Date added: May 21, 2013; Modified: July 19, 2016
“Circleville School is a historic school building located at Circleville, Pendleton County, West Virginia. It was built in 1937-1938, as a project of the federal Works Progress Administration. It is a two-story masonry building in the Georgian Revival style. It… read more
Date added: May 19, 2016; Modified: May 20, 2016
This small bridge over Elk Creek was built in 1925. It was improved by the WPA in 1942.
Date added: August 12, 2012; Modified: October 1, 2015
New Deal mural entitled “Captain Bilderbook’s and John Schoolcraft’s Expedition from Holiday’s Cove to Fort Henry, 1777” painted by Charles Chapman in 1940. At the time this mural was painted, this office was the main office for Holiday’s Cove, WV…. read more
Date added: June 3, 2015
“A further addition was designed by Levi J. Dean in 1940 and executed by the Works Progress Administration. The addition reflects Art Deco influences.”
Date added: June 3, 2015
“… three outbuildings: two pit toilets and a storage building that were constructed by workers associated with the Work Projects Administration.”
Date added: June 3, 2015
The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) worked to develop West Virginia’s Pinnacle Rocks State Park during the 1930s.
Date added: May 30, 2015
An addition to Morgantown, West Virginia’s Fourth Ward School was constructed in 1939 with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds.
Date added: August 9, 2012; Modified: May 19, 2015
The historic Oak Hill post office houses an example of New Deal artwork: the relief entitled “The Colonial Mail Rider,” created and installed by Henri Crenier in 1938. The work was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.
Date added: August 9, 2012; Modified: May 19, 2015
The historic Mount Hope post office houses an example of New Deal artwork: the mural “Mining”, painted by Michael Lenson in 1942. The work was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.
Date added: August 8, 2012; Modified: May 19, 2015
The historic Fayetteville post offices houses an example of New Deal artwork: the oil-on-canvas mural “The Miners,” painted by Nixford Baldwin in 1939. The work was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.