Post Office Mural – Catonsville MD
Date added: July 27, 2013
This mural “Incidents in the History of Catonsville” by Avery Johnson was completed with Section of Fine Arts funds in 1942.
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Post Office – Catonsville MD
Date added: July 27, 2013
This New Deal post office was built in 1940.
Post Office Mural – Bel Air MD
Date added: July 27, 2013
The Section of Fine Arts mural entitled “First Performance of Edwin Booth,” painted by William Calfee, was completed for the former Bel Air post office in 1938. It now hangs in the current post office at Blum Court.
Post Office (former) – Bel Air MD
Date added: July 27, 2013
Constructed by the Treasury Department in 1938. The post office eventually moved to Blum Court. This building now houses the Historical Society of Harford County.
Johnson’s Pond Dam – Wicomico County MD
Date added: July 18, 2013
The WPA built the current Johnson’s Pond Dam after the previous dam washed out. Today (three quarters of a century later) the dam provides an area for recreational boating and bass management. And, in addition to bass, anglers can fish… read more
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division – Bethesda MD
Date added: July 6, 2013
The Carderock Division of the NSWC us a center for research, development and testing of Navy ships and technology. Newspaper clippings in the National Archives report that in 1938-39, new construction on the site in the amount of $3,500,000 was… read more
University of Maryland – College Park MD
Date added: June 25, 2013
According to WPA records in the National Archives, WPA labor was used in 1935-41 to: “Make improvements at the University of Maryland…by constructing agricultural buildings including barns, silos, storehouses, sheds, and similar structures, and performing appurtenant work; Make improvements at… read more
Municipal Improvements – Upper Marlboro MD
Date added: June 25, 2013
According to WPA records in the National Archives, the WPA constructed a sanitary sewer system and disposal plant and a town water supply system for Upper Marlboro in 1936.
Alms House Superintendent Facility – Forestville MD
Date added: June 22, 2013
The original Alms House of Prince George’s County on this site dated back to the late 18th century. The Alms House provided a place of shelter for indigents, paupers, disabled and other citizens without financial support. Many of these people… read more
Woodside Park Subdivision Improvements – Silver Spring MD
Date added: June 17, 2013
According to the index of WPA projects at the National Archives, WPA crews both helped improve the water system and constructed sidewalks in the Woodside Park subdivision.
National Institute of Standards and Technology Improvements – Gaithersburg MD
Date added: June 16, 2013
Originally called the National Bureau of Standards, this a measurement standards laboratory, which is a non-regulatory agency of the United States Department of Commerce. The name was changed in 1988. (It is also sometimes known as the National Metrological Institute… read more
National Institutes of Health Campus – Bethesda MD
Date added: June 16, 2013
The modern campus of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) was established at Bethesda MD during the New Deal. It included the first laboratory of the newly-created National Cancer Institute, as well (the NCI came under the NIH in 1944)…. read more
Municipal Improvements – Poolesville MD
Date added: June 16, 2013
The WPA constructed a reservoir for a fire protection pump shed and installed a pipe connecting the pump and reservoir. Current status and exact location of the project unknown.
Oakland Golf Course – Oakland MD
Date added: June 10, 2013
The public golf course in Oakland, Maryland is one of 254 new golf courses created by the WPA during the Great Depression (they reconstructed or improved 378 others). According to the Golf Club at Oakland: “On January 7, 1937, over… read more
Water Mains – Takoma Park MD
Date added: June 10, 2013
The WPA installed water mains around Takome Park, Maryland, including along Saratoga Avenue (now part of Maryland Route 320).