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    Red Oak, NC Community House

    Community House – Red Oak NC

    Date added: June 22, 2022

    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) and Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) constructed the Community House in Red Oak, North Carolina. The building, which is located on the south/east side of Church Street between Red Oak Blvd. and School St., is… read more

    Pittsboro, NC Community House

    Community House – Pittsboro NC

    Date added: June 22, 2022

    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) and Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) constructed the Community House in Pittsboro, North Carolina. The building is still in use.

    Ayden, NC Community Building

    Community Building – Ayden NC

    Date added: June 22, 2022

    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) and Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) constructed the Community Building in Ayden, North Carolina, with work completed in 1935. The building is still in use.

    Mint Museum – Charlotte NC

    Date added: November 15, 2014; Modified: June 22, 2022

    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) and Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) relocated and reconstructed the former United States Mint Building in Charlotte, North Carolina: now the Mint Museum. The project was completed at a cost of $46,724.75. “Between 1932 and… read more

    Raleigh Municipal Airport

    Raleigh Municipal Airport (demolished) – Raleigh NC

    Date added: June 22, 2022

    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) and Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) constructed runways at Raleigh Municipal Airport south of Raleigh, North Carolina. The field closed in 1973 and the property has since been thoroughly redeveloped.

    Black Mountain NC - Community House and Lake

    Lake Tomahawk and Community Building – Black Mountain NC

    Date added: September 13, 2015; Modified: June 22, 2022

    In 1934 the Civil Works Administration (CWA) and Federal Emergency Lake Administration (FERA) constructed a dam to impound a recreational lake: Lake Tomahawk, in Black Mountain, North Carolina, as well as a community building and boathouse at its shore. The… read more

    Charlotte NC - Independence Park Grandstand

    Independence Park Grandstand – Charlotte NC

    Date added: November 15, 2014; Modified: June 22, 2022

    “Between 1932 and 1935 communities throughout North Carolina, including Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, benefited from a broad array of public works funded primarily by Washington.  These included … the building of a grandstand in Independence Park …” The project was… read more

    Pinehurst, NC: old City Hall / Fire Station

    City Hall and Fire Station (former) – Pinehurst NC

    Date added: June 22, 2022

    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) and Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) dramatically improved the former multi-purpose municipal building at 45 Community Road in Pinehurst, North Carolina. “In Pinehurst, Moore County, project No. 63-B4-5, transferred from the Civil Works Administration, has… read more

    WPA workers improving roads in Blowing Rock

    Road Improvements – Blowing Rock NC

    Date added: June 22, 2022; Modified: June 22, 2022

    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) worked to improve roads in Blowing Rock, North Carolina and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) surfaced more than two miles of roads in the village as well. Per The News and Observer, the “stone is… read more

    Water System Development – Boone NC

    Date added: June 22, 2022

    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted projects to extend the water system to places not previously served by said, in Boone, North Carolina.

    Street Improvements – Boone NC

    Date added: June 22, 2022; Modified: June 22, 2022

    The Civil Works Administration (CWA), Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), and Works Progress Administration (WPA) each conducted road repair / improvement projects in Boone, North Carolina. As of June 1939 three miles of streets and sidewalks has been “finished in… read more

    WPA-built Mabel School, Mabel, NC

    Mabel School (former) – Zionville NC

    Date added: June 22, 2022

    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed an eight-classroom school building: the former Mabel Elementary School—as well as sanitary privies for said school—in Mabel, near Zionville, North Carolina. It was one of many educational facilities constructed by the WPA in Watauga… read more

    Bethel School, Sugar Grove, NC

    Bethel Elementary School – Sugar Grove NC

    Date added: June 22, 2022

    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed a 12-classroom school building: Bethel Elementary School in Sugar Grove, North Carolina. It was one of many educational facilities constructed by the WPA in Watauga County.

    Grade School (demolished) Improvements – Boone NC

    Date added: June 22, 2022; Modified: June 22, 2022

    A grade school facility for Boone, NC at the corner of what was then the intersection of Locust Street and College Street was improved by the efforts of the Civil Works Administration (CWA) and Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA). The… read more