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Date added: May 14, 2017; Modified: July 5, 2023
Ridgefield, CT timeline, 1939: “A Works Progress Administration project begins in June to alter and improve the athletic field on East Ridge at the high school.”
Date added: December 27, 2017; Modified: July 5, 2023
A 1937 Hartford Courant article reported that the WPA contributed “to the improvement and enlargement of the [state police] barracks at Westport and Ridgefield.” One source suggests that the former barracks was on East Ridge Road, and now houses the local police… read more
Date added: December 22, 2017; Modified: July 5, 2023
The Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) conducted a large development / improvement program at Danbury Municipal Airport. Official Project Number: 165‐1‐15‐167 Total project cost: $1,202,620.00 Sponsor: Town of Danbury
Date added: August 18, 2014; Modified: July 5, 2023
Bethel, Connecticut’s town hall (also known as the Clifford J. Hurgen Municipal Center) was originally constructed as the town’s high school; its construction was enabled by the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds during the 1930s. According to… read more
Date added: August 20, 2013; Modified: May 28, 2023
“The city of Norwalk, Conn., has one of the nation’s largest surviving collections of W.P.A. murals, thanks to a restoration effort in the 1980s that preserved nearly two dozen in the old Norwalk High School, now City Hall. The rescued… read more
Date added: August 20, 2013; Modified: May 28, 2023
“The city of Norwalk, Conn., has one of the nation’s largest surviving collections of W.P.A. murals, thanks to a restoration effort in the 1980s that preserved nearly two dozen in the old Norwalk High School, now City Hall. The rescued… read more
Date added: August 20, 2013; Modified: May 28, 2023
“The city of Norwalk, Conn., has one of the nation’s largest surviving collections of W.P.A. murals, thanks to a restoration effort in the 1980s that preserved nearly two dozen in the old Norwalk High School, now City Hall. The rescued… read more
Date added: August 20, 2013; Modified: May 28, 2023
“The city of Norwalk, Conn., has one of the nation’s largest surviving collections of W.P.A. murals, thanks to a restoration effort in the 1980s that preserved nearly two dozen in the old Norwalk High School, now City Hall. The rescued… read more
Date added: August 20, 2013; Modified: May 28, 2023
From the New York Times: “The city of Norwalk, Conn., has one of the nation’s largest surviving collections of W.P.A. murals, thanks to a restoration effort in the 1980s that preserved nearly two dozen in the old Norwalk High School,… read more
Date added: March 23, 2018; Modified: March 29, 2023
Greenwich’s Central Fire Station was constructed in 1937-9 as a New Deal project. The Public Works Administration (PWA) provided a $119,250 grant for the project, whose total cost was $326,788. PWA Docket No. CT [W]1274. CTHistory: “In February 1936 the Board of… read more
Date added: July 25, 2014; Modified: January 15, 2023
“Packet Day at the Five Mile River” was painted by George Avison in 1937 with funding from the WPA Federal Art Project. It was restored circa 1986. The mural is located at the Rowayton Community Center and Library.
Date added: March 2, 2018; Modified: December 31, 2022
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)’s Camp Robinson, which housed Company #180, was stationed at Tunxis State Forest in Hartland, Connecticut. The camp was established June 13, 1933 and was discontinued July 18, 1941. Among other projects independently listed on other pages,… read more
Date added: June 21, 2016; Modified: September 24, 2022
In 1933 the federal Civil Works Administration (C.W.A.) furnished the labor for the installation of four light bulbs per classroom in what was then known as the East School. The next year the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (F.E.R.A.) undertook repair… read more
Date added: September 27, 2019; Modified: July 23, 2022
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) funded the construction of a municipal garage in Stratford, Connecticut, circa 1935. The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)completed about 50% of the structure, and the WPA completed the project. This building is currently being used… read more
Date added: June 11, 2022
With funding from the Civil Works Administration (CWA), the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), and, later, the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the City of New Haven CT was able to construct a parkway from West Rock Park to a location… read more