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Date added: January 10, 2018; Modified: January 11, 2018
On 27 October 1937, the Radcliffe-King House was pulled down for the new College of Charleston Student Activities Building/Gymnasium building. The new building was funded by the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, and was designed by Simons & Lapham, a… read more
Date added: June 30, 2017; Modified: January 11, 2018
On 3 September 1935, the city of Spartanburg signed a contract with the Works Project Administration (WPA) to building Duncan Park Lake. The city furnished equipment in the amount of $14,720. A second contract at the same time provided for… read more
Date added: February 13, 2015; Modified: August 6, 2017
The historic former post office building in Summerville, South Carolina houses an example of New Deal artwork: “Train Time – Summerville,” a 1939 oil-on-canvas mural by Bernadine Custer. The work was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.
Date added: September 13, 2014; Modified: April 20, 2017
“The Ashwood community was created by the New Deal resettlement program to convert defunct plantation or farm land into a self-sustaining community of independent farms with educational, agricultural, and commercial support facilities.”
Date added: February 7, 2015; Modified: April 11, 2017
The historic former post office and federal courthouse building in Florence, South Carolina was constructed during the early 20th century and received a large addition constructed during the 1930s with federal Treasury Department funds. The extension and remodeling work was… read more
Date added: February 8, 2015; Modified: April 11, 2017
What is now known as the C. F. Haynsworth Federal Building & U.S. Courthouse in Greenville, South Carolina was constructed during the Great Depression, completed in 1937 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which formerly housed the main post… read more
Date added: February 6, 2014; Modified: April 11, 2017
Formerly known as the Aiken Federal Court House, this PWA structure exemplifies the Georgian Revival style popular in the South in the 1920s and ’30s. The National Register describes the building’s history: “Constructed in 1935, the steel-framed building has housed… read more
Date added: September 13, 2014; Modified: April 11, 2017
The historic National Guard Armory in Fort Mill, South Carolina was constructed in 1938 with federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) assistance. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The armory is located along the west side… read more
Date added: September 13, 2014; Modified: April 11, 2017
The historic National Guard armory in Hartsville, South Carolina was constructed by the Work Projects Administration from 1939 to 1940. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Date added: April 19, 2014; Modified: April 11, 2017
The College of Charleston’s Willard A. Silcox Physical Education and Health Center gymnasium was a WPA project.
Date added: November 15, 2014; Modified: April 11, 2017
The federal Public Works Administration supplied “a loan of $120,000 to be repaid over 30 years, as well as an outright grant of $108,900” to Orangeburg for the construction of what was then known as the Tri-County Hospital. Construction occurred… read more
Date added: November 15, 2014; Modified: April 11, 2017
Orangeburg, South Carolina’s former Tri-County Hospital was constructed with federal Public Work Administration (PWA) funds during the Great Depression. The Works Progress Administration (WPA) provided support for construction of the hospital’s nurses’ dormitory. “In 1937 the W.P.A. approved a grant… read more
Date added: February 7, 2015; Modified: April 11, 2017
The historic former post office Gaffney, South Carolina was constructed in 1912. However, the building received a remodeling (and, possibly, an all-new addition to the rear)—a New Deal project—that was completed in 1940. The building, often referred to as the… read more
Date added: February 8, 2015; Modified: April 11, 2017
The historic former post office building in Walterboro, South Carolina was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which was completed in 1937, is now privately owned.
Date added: February 8, 2015; Modified: April 11, 2017
The historic former post office building in Summerville, South Carolina was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which was completed in 1938, now houses civic offices.