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Date added: December 5, 2011; Modified: October 17, 2016
“This new high school stands on a 25-acre site which is provided with an athletic field, bleachers, tennis courts, basketball field, and a practice field. The building replaced an old structure which was much smaller and in which a half-time… read more
Date added: October 12, 2016; Modified: October 14, 2016
The PWA helped construct sewers and a treatment plant in Rehoboth Beach.
Date added: November 7, 2014; Modified: October 12, 2016
Sanitary sewer, municipal waterworks, and power grid construction projects were all undertaken in Middletown, Delaware during the Great Depression, enabled by federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. Work began in 1937. (PWA Docket No. DE W1021, X1031)
Date added: November 7, 2014; Modified: October 12, 2016
A sanitary sewer construction project was undertaken in Dover, Delaware during the Great Depression with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. (PWA Docket No. DE W1023)
Date added: November 7, 2014; Modified: October 9, 2016
A waterworks construction project was undertaken in Milford, Delaware with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied an $83,250 grant toward the project, whose total cost was $180,819. Work occurred between January 1938 and April 1939…. read more
Date added: August 12, 2014; Modified: October 9, 2016
The Town Offices of Laurel, Delaware, were constructed with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA provided a $14,122 grant toward the $37,246 project. Construction on the project began December 1936 and was completed July 1937…. read more
Date added: October 9, 2016
The PWA built this addition to what is now Woodbridge Elementary School.
Date added: October 8, 2016; Modified: October 9, 2016
The PWA completed this addition to the Delmar School in 1939. The school was reportedly demolished and rebuilt in 2000.
Date added: October 8, 2016; Modified: October 8, 2016
This addition to what is now John Bassett Moore Intermediate School was built with assistance from the WPA.
Date added: July 20, 2016; Modified: October 8, 2016
A collection of murals was painted for what is now the John Bassett Moore School in Smyrna, Delaware, commissioned by the WPA. Produced by Brandywine River School artists Walter Pyle, Jr., Stafford Good, and Edward Grant, the murals are entitled:… read more
Date added: December 5, 2011; Modified: October 8, 2016
“The new Magnolia School replaces a four-room frame structure which had served the school district for 50 years and which was heated by stoves and lacked proper sanitary accommodations. The new building is one story in height, with provision in… read more
Date added: July 7, 2015; Modified: July 29, 2016
WPA crews expanded this course, circa 1936. A news story from the time stated: “construction work enlarging Rock Manor public course resumed with additional WPA funds.”
Date added: June 7, 2016; Modified: July 20, 2016
Delaware utilized substantial federal resources in developing and improving its road network during the Great Depression. Among the dozens of projects undertaken by the federal Civil Works Administration (C.W.A.) during 1934 was construction along a dual carriageway that is now… read more
Date added: July 20, 2016
Delaware utilized substantial federal resources in developing and improving its road network during the Great Depression. Among the dozens of projects undertaken by the federal Civil Works Administration (C.W.A.) during 1934 was road construction between ‘Tub Mill’ and Big Stone… read more
Date added: July 20, 2016
Delaware utilized substantial federal resources in developing and improving its road network during the Great Depression. Among the dozens of projects undertaken by the federal Civil Works Administration (C.W.A.) during 1934 was road construction between Rockland and Thompson’s Bridge. The… read more