Date added: December 30, 2014; Modified: January 18, 2015
The Chesterfield post office contains a 1939 plaster relief by Bruno Mankowski entitled “The Farmer’s Letters,” which was created under the auspices of the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. The work is still displayed in the lobby of the post office.
Date added: December 4, 2014; Modified: January 14, 2015
Hans E. Prehn created this plaster sculpture “Saw Mill,” financed by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts, for the old post office. It was moved to the Cotton Museum in the early 2000’s and is not viewable in the front… read more
Date added: September 12, 2014; Modified: January 11, 2015
The old county courthouse in Beaufort, South Carolina was built in 1883, architect Robert McGrath. The building was remodeled extensively in 1936 with the support of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. This served as the county courthouse for decades… read more
Date added: November 16, 2014; Modified: January 6, 2015
The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed sewers in Georgetown, South Carolina during the Great Depression. According to the Georgetown Times, “Among construction projects underway was … installation of sewers in 26 blocks by the WPA.”
Date added: November 15, 2014; Modified: January 6, 2015
“The federal government’s New Deal programs, specifically the Works Progress Administration and the Public Works Administration, also played a direct role in Rock Hill’s economic recovery. Building projects included … a new city-wide sewer system.” The PWA supplied a $188,000… read more
Date added: February 7, 2014; Modified: November 16, 2014
This bleak and provocative map of cotton trade routes, flanked by scenes of men at work (on the left, it seems, from the American South, and on the right, “the East”), portrays the dominance of South Carolina’s exploitative cotton industry… read more
Date added: November 16, 2014; Modified: November 16, 2014
The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) provided the labor for the construction of U.S. 701 north of Georgetown, South Carolina. “Jeff Lewis is a natural-born storyteller who vividly recalls life in rural Georgetown County when wagons were the mode of… read more
Date added: November 16, 2014
According to the Georgetown Times in 1937, “An $80,000 Pleasant Hill School was nearing completion as a WPA project.” However, further confirmation of this is needed; according to the school’s National Register of Historic Places nomination form, “there is no… read more
Date added: November 16, 2014
The federal Civil Works Administration constructed and improved roads in the vicinity of Andrews, South Carolina ca. 1933-4. A photo of the work is available at the source link below.
Date added: November 16, 2014; Modified: November 16, 2014
The federal Civil Works Administration provided the labor for the construction of what is now South Carolina Route 41 north of Georgetown, South Carolina. “Civil Works Administration employees work on SC Rt 511 in a c.1933 photograph. … SC Rt… read more
Date added: November 16, 2014; Modified: November 16, 2014
The federal Civil Works Administration provided the labor for the construction of what is now South Carolina Route 51 north of Georgetown, South Carolina. “Route #51, near Peter’s Creek, C.W.A. Project #104″. The Civil Works Administration was formed in early… read more
Date added: November 16, 2014; Modified: November 16, 2014
The federal Civil Works Administration constructed is now U.S. 17 in the vicinity of Murrells Inlet, South Carolina. “Near Murrell’s Inlet, Route #49, C.W.A. Project #97, Georgetown County, South Carolina”. The Civil Works Administration operated from November 1933-March 1934 and… read more
Date added: November 16, 2014; Modified: November 16, 2014
The federal Civil Works Administration constructed the old entrance, Huntington’s Gate, to Brookgreen Gardens outside Murrells Inlet, South Carolina. Living New Deal believes that the old gate is no longer extant. “Huntington’s Gate, Route #49, CWA Project #99. Archer and… read more
Date added: November 16, 2014
The federal Civil Works Administration constructed public tennis courts in Georgetown, South Carolina, ca. 1934. The exact location and status of the project is unknown to Living New Deal. A photo of the work is available at the source link… read more
Date added: September 13, 2014; Modified: November 15, 2014
The old Siloam School near Eastland, South Carolina was constructed with assistance from the federal Works Progress Administration ca. 1936. It served as a segregated school for African-American children until 1956.