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Date added: July 27, 2013; Modified: November 13, 2018
The historic Altavista post office was constructed in 1939 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.
Date added: March 29, 2015; Modified: June 18, 2018
Purcellville, Virginia received a new public library in 1937 with the aid of a federal Public Works Administration (PWA) grant. Virginia.edu: “In 1936, however, the Blue Ridge Library board elected to build a new building for a Purcellville Public Library… read more
Date added: October 26, 2015; Modified: May 29, 2018
The Franklin Road Bridge was paid for by the New Deal-era Public Works Administration during the Great Depression. The 363-foot span carries vehicular traffic over railroad tracks to eliminate dangerous train-car accidents. The Art Deco ornamentation on this bridge is… read more
Date added: November 22, 2014; Modified: May 19, 2018
Robert Russa Moton Museum occupies the former public high school of the same name in Farmville, Virginia. Located at the intersection of South Main Street and Griffin Boulevard (Ely Street at time of construction), the school was constructed as the… read more
Date added: November 9, 2012; Modified: January 22, 2018
Built with funding from the Public Works Administration in 1939, Arcola School represented an upgrade in school facilities standards by providing a separate room for every grade. The four-room school replaced the one-room rural school school typical of rural areas. This was part… read more
Date added: June 25, 2013; Modified: January 16, 2018
Today, the stretch called Mount Vernon Memorial Highway is located mainly in Alexandria, VA, but connects there to the stretch now called the George Washington Memorial Parkway which runs along the Potomac River mainly on the Virginia side. Though the… read more
Date added: February 12, 2012; Modified: January 12, 2018
“The Quartermaster Corps of the Army designed and constructed this chapel at Fort Myer and also built the new entrance gateway to the National Cemetery. The chapel is used for religious services at the post and also for rites in… read more
Date added: July 17, 2017; Modified: August 12, 2017
In 1934 the Federal Public Works Administration (PWA) provided funds to build a million-gallon water storage tank in Newport News, Virginia to replace the old water tank. The caption for the photo above reads “A million-gallon water-storage tank erected at… read more
Date added: August 8, 2017; Modified: August 9, 2017
In 1934 several New Deal Programs provided funding and employed Fort Monroe laborers in the construction of the Fort Monroe Bandshell in Continental Park. The new bandshell replaced the previous one that had been destroyed by hurricanes in 1933. Capt. Harrington W…. read more
Date added: August 8, 2017; Modified: August 8, 2017
Researcher Frank da Cruz writes that in 1936 the Federal Works Project Administration (PWA) financed the construction of this one-million gallon steel elevated tank. The current waterworks coordinator in the area reports that this project, as well as the 60th Street Elevated… read more
Date added: August 8, 2017; Modified: August 8, 2017
Researcher Frank da Cruz has found that construction of the Buckroe Elevated Water Tank in the 1930s was made possible by a 45% Federal Public Works Administration (PWA) grant. The water tank is located in the Fox Hill section of… read more
Date added: February 12, 2012; Modified: July 8, 2017
This New Deal post office was built by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1938. It is also the site of William Caffee’s 1941 mural, “Chesapeake Fisherman.” Researcher Frank da Cruz notes that the post office’s Colonial Revival design is… read more
Date added: December 29, 2014; Modified: July 8, 2017
“Chesapeake Fishermen” This mural was originally proposed for the Eutaw, Alabama post office. Since it depicts nothing in the Eutaw area, the Section reassigned it to Phoebus, Virginia. Note: Phoebus was a separate incorporated town during the 1930s. It was… read more
Date added: February 24, 2014; Modified: July 8, 2017
Originally named Newport News Homesteads, “Aberdeen Gardens was a New Deal planned community initiated by Hampton Institue (now Hampton University), designed specifically for the resettlement of African-American workers in Newport News and Hampton. In 1934, the Hampton Institute secured a $245,000 federal grant to… read more
Date added: November 1, 2014; Modified: June 8, 2017
In 1938 Hampton, Virginia’s historic city hall building was constructed with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds.The PWA contributed $24,545 toward the project, whose final cost was $77,193. (PWA Docket No. VA [W]1074.). In 2006, the building… read more