Select search criteria in one or more boxes (fields can be left blank), then click on SEARCH button at bottom of the page. To reduce scrolling through long lists, begin typing a name (e.g., ’Smith’ under artist, “Juneau” under state and city).
Hide Search Options
Date added: March 20, 2013; Modified: December 19, 2016
This WPA Coast Guard Station at St. Simons Island, GA was built from 1935-1937. The building is still in existence, but is now a museum rather than a USCG facility. “In 1933, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, as part of the… read more
Date added: December 18, 2016; Modified: December 18, 2016
The historic former Baldwin County Courthouse building in Milledgeville, Georgia was constructed in 1887. It was remodeled and repaired with federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds in 1937. The PWA supplied a grant of $29,250 for the project, whose total… read more
Date added: December 18, 2016; Modified: December 18, 2016
The Georgia College & State University campus in Milledgeville, Georgia was heavily impacted by New Deal program construction. Multiple buildings were constructed with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds, including Beeson, Sanford, and Porter Halls.
Date added: December 18, 2016
The University of Georgia campus in Athens, Georgia was heavily impacted by New Deal program construction. Multiple buildings were constructed with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds, including a laboratory building, classroom building, and the Fine Arts… read more
Date added: December 18, 2016; Modified: December 18, 2016
“The Fine Arts Building was designed and constructed in 1939-1940 as a Federal Public Works Administration (PWA) project. The Neoclassical style building was originally designed to house the drama, music, dance, and visual arts programs.”
Date added: December 7, 2011; Modified: December 18, 2016
“In 1933 the State legislature made it possible for the University of Georgia to secure grants from the P.W.A. with which to carry out an extensive building program to accommodate its increased student body and to replace obsolete equipment. The… read more
Date added: December 30, 2014; Modified: December 18, 2016
“Spring in Georgia” by artist Andree Ruellan was painted in 1942, with funding from the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. The mural was originally installed in the Lawrenceville, GA post office. It was on traveling exhibit in 2006 in honor… read more
Date added: October 28, 2012; Modified: December 18, 2016
Section of Fine Arts mural entitled “Products of Grady County” painted in 1938 by Paul L. Gill. Originally painted for the Cairo post office, it now hangs in the Grady County Museum.
Date added: December 16, 2014; Modified: December 18, 2016
Arnold Friedman painted this oil on canvas mural, entitled “Environs of Warrentown,” in 1940 with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. It was originally installed in the Warrentown post office but was removed in the early 1980’s… read more
Date added: December 18, 2016
The historic former Sparta Public School in Sparta, Georgia was constructed with federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The high school construction project was sponsored by Hancock County. Living New Deal believes the building now houses offices for the Hancock… read more
Date added: May 15, 2015; Modified: October 1, 2016
The WPA constructed a city pool and pavilion for La Grange’s city park in 1935. It was closed in 2007. The whole park is now undergoing extensive renovations. The pool is no longer there, but the original pavilion is being… read more
Date added: August 10, 2016; Modified: August 13, 2016
The Okefenokee Swamp had long been a site of habitation in southern Georgia. According to the New Georgia Encyclopedia, “An all-black unit of the Civilian Conservation Corps was transferred to the refuge, and between 1937 and 1941 they developed facilities… read more
Date added: December 21, 2014; Modified: August 8, 2016
The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) began construction on “a collegiate-sized pool with underwater lighting and an adjacent bath house” in 1936 at what is now Valdosta State University. The school was completed by the state in 1938. The exact… read more
Date added: June 25, 2016
The facility that now serves as American Legion Post 105, in Fayetteville, Georgia, was constructed as a federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) project in 1935. “Lastly, I’d like to highlight the fact that we’re rapidly approaching our 100th birthday. You… read more
Date added: January 15, 2015; Modified: June 3, 2016
Newnan, Georgia’s historic Wadsworth Auditorium was originally constructed as the community’s Municipal Building in 1939. The building was “originally constructed in part with funds provided by the Federal Public Works Administration. The three story tan colored brick building designed in… read more