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Date added: May 24, 2022
Among the Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects identified as completed in an El Paso Times article from June 7, 1936 was the “paving of Alabama Street and Wilson road, 7.36 miles, cost $31,588.94,” as well as “Alabama Street spillway flood… read more
Date added: May 24, 2022
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted street paving work in Cleveland, Texas in 1935/6.
Date added: May 24, 2022
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted street paving work in Liberty, Texas in 1935/6.
Date added: May 24, 2022
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed or improved a school building in Moss Hill, Texas, in 1935/6. The location or status of the building is unknown to Living New Deal.
Date added: May 24, 2022
Hailed as the first major Works Progress Administration (WPA) project completed in Texas, what was then a bridge spanning the Colorado River along the primary link connecting Bastrop and Elgin, located on a farm-to-market road, opened in January 1936. Given… read more
Date added: May 24, 2022
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) undertook a “school addition and improvements” project in Silverton, Texas, that was completed in December 1935. The location of the schools is unknown to Living New Deal.
Date added: May 24, 2022
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) undertook a project beginning December 24, 1935 that would employ “16 men for three months” working to develop / improve “an 11-mile road south of Silverton to Floyd County line.”
Date added: May 16, 2022
The Houston Federation of Garden Clubs (HFGC) was founded by several Houstonian women in 1936 with the goal of building a garden center to hold their meetings and educational forums. That dream bore fruition five years later when Mayor Oscar… read more
Date added: April 27, 2022
A high school construction project in Leming, Texas was undertaken during the Great Depression with the assistance of Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $25,200 grant for the project, whose total cost was $56,622. Construction began in… read more
Date added: April 27, 2022
A high school construction project in Leming, Texas was undertaken during the Great Depression with the assistance of Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $6,000 loan and $2,333 grant for the project, whose total cost was $8,512…. read more
Date added: April 27, 2022
Works Progress Administration (WPA) laborers “built a sandstone wall around the entire fort grounds and today the boundary demarcates the Fort McIntosh Historic District.”
Date added: April 27, 2022
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed concrete sidewalks around the “1937 Martin High School L-shaped building on Park and San Bernardo” in Laredo, Texas. The status of the sidewalks is currently unknown to Living New Deal.
Date added: April 27, 2022
A school gymnasium in Rocksprings, Texas was constructed in 1938-9 with the assistance of Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $14,265 grant for the project, whose total cost was $30,986. Construction began in Sept. 1938 and was… read more
Date added: April 27, 2022
What is now Benson Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas was constructed in 1937-8 with the assistance of Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $37,933 grant for the project, whose total cost was $84,817. Construction began in Dec…. read more
Date added: April 24, 2022
Through proceeds of a bond issued in 1925, the City of Beaumont acquired 2.75 acres of land to construct a segregated swimming pool and park for black residents. The modern Bintz pool, 45 x 90 feet, was equipped with dressing… read more