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Date added: August 17, 2013; Modified: June 19, 2023
The historic post office in Linden, Texas houses an example of New Deal artwork: a Section of Fine Arts-commissioned mural, titled “Cotton Pickers,” completed in 1939. The mural was renamed, “The Last Crop.”
Date added: February 28, 2020; Modified: June 16, 2023
Mackenzie State Recreation Area, commonly referred to as Mackenzie Park, is located in the northeast portion of Lubbock. The park was first built in 1921, and included a pool and a golf course. During the Depression city leaders desired to… read more
Date added: April 8, 2023; Modified: April 8, 2023
The Public Works Administration funded the construction of the Milroy Park Club House, which serves as a community center in Houston TX.
Date added: December 23, 2021; Modified: April 7, 2023
The runways of Austin Municipal Airport, later known as Robert Mueller Municipal Airport, were Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects conducted in the late 1930s/early 1940s. The municipal airport was replaced by the Austin-Bergstrom Air Force Base in 1999, which became… read more
Date added: April 10, 2022; Modified: March 12, 2023
The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted development work at Ben Ficklin Park in San Angelo, Texas. Work included $3,095 on a garden.
Date added: January 1, 2014; Modified: December 17, 2022
Pecan Bayou flooded the city of Brownwood in late September of 1900 causing considerable damage to the business district and washing away the train track that served the city. The citizens of Brown County looked for a way to control… read more
Date added: November 27, 2022; Modified: November 27, 2022
The house was first leased to the Arthur Murphy family inn 1938, The entire farm consisted of 299 acres. The house was donated and moved in March 2014 to the FiberMax Center for Discovery (formerly the Bayer Museum of Agriculture)… read more
Date added: January 25, 2014; Modified: November 27, 2022
A marker was erected in 1985 to commemorate this New Deal resettlement community. The text reads: “The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) was enacted in 1933 as part of U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal Program to aid families during… read more
Date added: November 22, 2022; Modified: November 22, 2022
The Works Progress Administration built the Baird High School gym, football field, and wall in Baird TX.
Date added: August 10, 2016; Modified: November 22, 2022
Sam Houston National Forest comprises three counties—Montgomery, San Jacinto, and Walker—that have been occupied for millennia. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) constructed Double Lake Recreation Area, on the east side of the land, and surrounding a 24-acre lake, in 1937…. read more
Date added: May 24, 2022; Modified: November 13, 2022
Among the Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects identified as completed in an El Paso Times article from June 7, 1936 was “Exposition Building site, $25,903.67″—Exposition Building being another term for what is now the County Coliseum, which was completed in… read more
Date added: September 24, 2022
Taylor, Texas’s former City Hall, “an 11,000-square-foot building on Main Street between Fourth and Fifth streets”, was constructed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1935. The rectangular building, featuring Art Deco details, was used for municipal purposes until 2005…. read more
Date added: October 30, 2014; Modified: September 20, 2022
Painted by Texas artist Julius Woeltz, the Section of Fine Arts mural “Texas Farm” was produced in 1940. Woeltz was born in San Antonio, studied in Chicago as well as in France and Mexico, and was the head of the… read more
Date added: September 21, 2014; Modified: July 24, 2022
The Houston Ship Channel officially opened in 1914 after the 52-mile long waterway that runs from the Gulf of Mexico to a tuning basin at the Port of Houston was dredged to a depth of 25 feet. The depth of… read more
Date added: May 24, 2022; Modified: July 22, 2022
Among the Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects identified as completed in an El Paso Times article from June 7, 1936 was “Manufacture of Liberty Hall seat covers. $1528.” “The El Paso County Courthouse and its accompanying Liberty Hall was a… read more