Municipal Road Improvements – Falmouth MA
Date added: May 17, 2014
In late 1938 the WPA alloted $23,509 for a “program of repairing and improving highways throughout the town [of Falmouth, Massachusetts], principally in hurricane-affected areas.”
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Crowell-Shawme State Forest Improvements – Sandwich MA
Date added: May 17, 2014
In late 1938 the WPA approved a project involving work to be done in the Massachusetts’s Crowell-Shawme State Forest, by the town of Sandwich. The aim of the work was to “prevent disastrous fires in the forest.”
WPA Sidewalks – Sandwich MA
Date added: May 17, 2014
A WPA project in Sandwich, Massachusetts approved in late 1938 involved the construction of sidewalks “in the thickly populated sections of the town.”
Province Lands Improvements – Provincetown MA
Date added: May 17, 2014
The Provincetown Advocate wrote in March 1940 that WPA funds were to be used to improve the Province Lands north of Provincetown, MA, now part of Cape Cod National Seashore. “Within a month 30 men will go to work on… read more
Springdale Park Building – Holyoke MA
Date added: May 5, 2014
Springdale Park in Holyoke contains a large brick building constructed by the WPA in 1935-36. The building is currently used for storage by the Parks Department.
Worcester Public Library Murals – Worcester MA
Date added: May 1, 2014
“Three mural panels by Ralf Edgar Nickelsen are located on the second floor of the Main Library. The murals are titled: Reading of the Mail – Communication of Ideas (87” x 204”). The women reading their mail and conversing represent… read more
Post Office Mural – Falmouth MA
Date added: May 1, 2014
The post office contains a Section of Fine Arts funded oil painting titled “Recapture of Corn Schooner from British.” The mural hangs in the lobby. It was painted by Karl Oberteuffer in 1943.
Post Office Mural – Millbury MA
Date added: November 24, 2013
The post office contains a Section of Fine Arts mural “An Incident in the King Philip War, 1670” was painted by Joe Lasker and installed in 1941 and was “revivified” in 1991.
Post Office Relief – Foxboro MA
Date added: November 11, 2013; Modified: November 11, 2013
This 1941 Section of Fine Arts relief by Arnold Geissbuhler depicts “Straw Cutting and Weaving.” It was originally installed in the town’s 1938 post office, but has since been moved to the new post office on Wall St.
Post Office Reliefs – Greenfield MA
Date added: July 11, 2013; Modified: July 11, 2013
The post office contains a set of three metal reliefs by Helene Sardeau depicting “Planting,” “Mother and Child,” and “Reaping,” The reliefs were funded by the Section of Fine Arts in 1941.
Post Office Mural – Chestnut Hill MA
Date added: July 9, 2013; Modified: July 9, 2013
The post office contains a 1941 Section of Fine Arts mural by William Abbott Cheever entitled “The Reverend John Eliot Preaching to the Indians.”
Post Office Murals – Dedham MA
Date added: July 5, 2013; Modified: July 5, 2013
The post office contains two TRAP murals by W. Lester Stevens painted in 1936. The murals are entitled “Early Rural Mail Delivery” and “Early Rural School.”
Post Office Mural – Milton MA
Date added: July 5, 2013; Modified: July 5, 2013
The post office contains a 1939 Section of Fine Arts mural by Elizabeth Tracy entitled “The Suffolk Resolves–Oppression and Revolt in the Colonies.”
Post Office Relief – Mansfield MA
Date added: June 28, 2013; Modified: June 28, 2013
The post office contains a 1939 Treasury Section of Fine Arts plaster relief by Joseph A. Coletti depicting “Farmers and Geese.” The relief was originally in the old Mansfield post office, but moved along with the post office to this… read more
Post Office Relief – West Springfield MA
Date added: January 28, 2013; Modified: January 28, 2013
The post office contains a 1938 Section of Fine Arts plaster relief by Walker Hancock entitled “New England Post Rider.” Hancock also created work for the Ariel Rios Bldg, Washington, DC and Soldier’s Memorial, St. Louis, MO.