Post Office – Ford City PA
Date added: March 23, 2018; Modified: April 30, 2023
The historic Ford City post office was constructed in 1938 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building is still in service.
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Post Office Relief – Ford City PA
Date added: April 30, 2023; Modified: April 30, 2023
The Post Office in Ford City houses a New Deal artwork titled “Glass Making” by Josephine Mather. The ivory colored bas relief was made using Carrara structural glass.
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania – Slippery Rock PA
Date added: November 29, 2014; Modified: April 10, 2023
Then known as the State Teachers College, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania benefited during the Great Depression from a large construction project enabled by the federal Public Works Administration (PWA). The PWA provided a $372,222 grant for the project, whose final… read more
Cathedral of Learning (Continuing Work) – Pittsburgh PA
Date added: February 24, 2015; Modified: April 5, 2023
In 1933-4 federal Civil Works Administration (CWA) “workers in Pittsburgh had helped move the forty-two-story Cathedral of Learning at the heart of the University of Pittsburgh closer to completion.” Excerpt from Alberts, Robert C. Pitt, (1986): “December 23, 1933. The… read more
Daniel Boone Homestead Development – Birdsboro PA
Date added: April 5, 2023; Modified: April 5, 2023
The Daniel Boone Homestead is a 579-acre park with multiple historic structures including the birthplace of famed pioneer Daniel Boone. The site is owned and operated by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. The National Youth Administration (NYA) played a… read more
Lincoln High School Addition – Ellwood City PA
Date added: March 29, 2023; Modified: March 30, 2023
In 1934, the Public Works Administration gave a $28,770 grant and $71,230 loan to the Ellwood City school board for an addition to Lincoln High School. The addition included 18 class rooms and a gymnasium. It was designed by Robert… read more
High School (former) – Waynesboro PA
Date added: March 29, 2023
A high school in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania was constructed between March 1936 and April 1937, enabled by the provision of a federal Public Works Administration (PWA) grant. The New Deal grant amounted to $144,855 toward the $322,230 eventual total cost of… read more
Scotland School for Veterans’ Children (former) Development – Scotland PA
Date added: March 29, 2023; Modified: March 29, 2023
The historic Scotland School for Veterans’ Children (SSVC) received a federal Public Works Administration (PWA) grant for the construction of one of more buildings on its campus. The PWA grant amounted to $228,000 of the eventual $748,952 cost of the… read more
Waynesboro Armory – Waynesboro PA
Date added: March 15, 2015; Modified: March 29, 2023
The historic Waynesboro Armory “was built in 1938, and is a one-story, “I”-plan brick building in the Moderne style. It consists of three sections: administration building, drill hall, and stable. Its construction was funded in part by the Public Works… read more
Post Office – Waynesboro PA
Date added: March 29, 2023
The stately long-serving post office in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania was constructed in 1935 with federal Treasury Department funds.
Thaddeus Stevens Blacksmith Shop Restoration – Fayetteville PA
Date added: November 3, 2014; Modified: March 29, 2023
Thaddeus Stevens and John Paxton built this structure in 1837 as part of the Caledonia Iron Works. It was destroyed during the Battle of Gettysburg, and was rebuilt and functional until 1895. In 1938, the Works Progress Administration undertook structural… read more
19th Street Armory – Harrisburg PA
Date added: March 23, 2018; Modified: March 29, 2023
Harrisburg’s 19th Street Armory was constructed in 1937-8 as a New Deal project. The Public Works Administration (PWA) provided a $28,752 grant for the project, whose total cost was $89,050. PWA Docket No. PA [W]1807.
PennDOT Garage – Harrisburg PA
Date added: March 18, 2018; Modified: March 29, 2023
Construction of the PennDOT garage / building on Herr Street in Harrisburg was undertaken as a New Deal project: the then-Department of Highways and Public Works Administration (PWA) provided the funds for the building’s construction in 1939. The News-Chronicle: “STATE… read more
Picnic Pavilion – Greenville PA
Date added: February 24, 2015; Modified: March 29, 2023
Works Progress Administration (WPA) labor constructed a picnic pavilion in Greenville, Pennsylvania’s Riverside Park in 1938. The exact coordinates octagonal structure within the park are unknown to Living New Deal. According to the Record-Argus the Greenville Motor Club supplied the… read more
Gunzburger County Office Building – Coudersport PA
Date added: March 29, 2015; Modified: March 17, 2023
Coudersport, Pennsylvania received a new school building during the 1930s with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. Construction occurred between May 1936 and January 1937. The school is no longer in use and is now known as… read more