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Date added: March 16, 2015
Between 1935 and 1941, the WPA contributed $127,000 towards work at Port Allen Airport, mostly runway expansion and improvement (“clearing, grading, and paving,” Port Allen Airport History). At its peak, in 1947, the airport served 37,000 passengers and provided a… read more
Date added: March 16, 2015
Between 1935 and 1937, the WPA contributed $38,000 to extending the runways of John Rodgers Airport (now Honolulu International Airport). Today, the airport serves well over 18 million passengers per year and provides a landing area for 370,000 tons of… read more
Date added: March 16, 2015
Between 1935 and 1941, the WPA contributed nearly $300,000 to the expansion and improvement of the Hilo Airport, then known as General Lyman Field (e.g., significant lengthening of runways). Today, the airport serves well over 1 million passengers per year… read more
Date added: February 8, 2015
The historic post office building in Lihue, Hawai’i was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The Mission Revival-style building, which was completed in 1939, is still in use today. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Date added: January 28, 2015
The historic post office at Hawaii’s Schofield Barracks. The building, which was completed in 1940, houses an example of New Deal artwork and is still in use today.
Date added: November 29, 2014
The federal WPA (Works Progress Administration) constructed a lava stone curb wall along Ali’i Drive in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii during the Great Depression. The wall, located 6386 Ali’i Drive, bears a WPA plaque.
Date added: August 29, 2014
Puueo Bridge, crossing the Wailuku River and connecting Puueo and Keawe Streets in Hilo, Hawaii, was constructed with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds in 1938. The PWA contributed a grant of $45,000 to the project, which… read more
Date added: August 29, 2014
Hilo, Hawaii’s Central Fire Station was constructed during the late 1930s with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA contributed nearly half the project cost by way of a grant of $35,100; the final cost of… read more
Date added: August 29, 2014
Improvements to the wharfs at the harbor in Kawaihae, Hawaii were made with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds in 1937. The PWA provided a grant of $24,829 for the project, which provided seven and a half… read more
Date added: August 29, 2014
Relief workers of the federal Work Projects Administration (WPA) constructed a low wall along West Kaahumanu Avenue (then Main Street) in Kahului, Maui in 1939. The wall, which is about 100 yards long, originally formed part of the boundary of… read more
Date added: August 29, 2014
The Public Works Administration (PWA) contributed funding for the construction of a sea wall in Lahaina, Maui, during the 1930s. The PWA gave a grant of $8,184 and the cost of the completed project was $18,186. The project was begun… read more
Date added: August 29, 2014
Hale Pa‘ahao (stuck-in-irons house) was Lahaina’s “new” prison, built in the 1850s during the whaling era. The prison has been restored three times, in the 1930s, 1950s and 1970s. The Lahaina Restoration Foundation reports that: “During the 1930s, County of… read more
Date added: August 29, 2014
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) developed downtown Lahaina’s Banyan Tree Park. The park surrounds an immense banyan tree (a variety of tropic ficus). There is a stone marker in the park that says the WPA built the park, which presumably means… read more
Date added: December 6, 2013
Designed by Henry O. Whitfield in 1915, the U.S. Post Office and Office Building underwent a large expansion during the New Deal. “In 1936 the Treasury Department designed two 3-story wing additions for the main (south) side of the building…. read more
Date added: April 12, 2013
Haleakala National Park is located on the island of Maui. “Between 1934 and 1941 the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) operated work camps at Haleakalā… Here at Haleakalā National Park the CCC was engaged in a variety of projects. CCC enrollees… read more