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Date added: January 27, 2013; Modified: October 15, 2013
The post office contains a set of three murals entitled “Transportation of the Mural.” The murals were funded by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts and painted by Frank Long in 1938. The murals are a set of 3 panels… read more
Date added: October 1, 2012; Modified: October 15, 2013
New Deal mural entitled “History of Transportation” painted by Nicolai Cikovsky in 1939. The mural is composed of five tempera panels.
Date added: April 14, 2013; Modified: October 8, 2013
This beautiful structure, the Williamsport Town Hall, was built by the WPA in 1939.
Date added: October 5, 2013; Modified: October 5, 2013
Baltimore’s third custom house was designed by the firm Hornblower and Marshall and completed 1907. The building was improved several times during the New Deal era, with notable projects including the addition of new passenger and freight elevators. The GSA… read more
Date added: October 1, 2013; Modified: October 1, 2013
The groundwork for a new, enlarged courthouse for Cecil County was put in place in 1935, when the General Assembly of Maryland authorized the county to “expend $5,000 for a lot of ground on which to build a new courthouse… read more
Date added: August 6, 2013; Modified: August 6, 2013
At Elk Neck State Park, visitors can enjoy swimming in the Chesapeake Bay, boating on the Elk River, fishing, crabbing, camping, hiking, and biking. Hunting is also allowed, in-season. Of course, this recreational resource did not always exist. It was… read more
Date added: July 18, 2013; Modified: July 18, 2013
The WPA built the current Johnson’s Pond Dam after the previous dam washed out. Today (three quarters of a century later) the dam provides an area for recreational boating and bass management. And, in addition to bass, anglers can fish… read more
Date added: June 25, 2013
According to WPA records in the National Archives, the WPA constructed a sanitary sewer system and disposal plant and a town water supply system for Upper Marlboro in 1936.
Date added: June 16, 2013
The WPA constructed a reservoir for a fire protection pump shed and installed a pipe connecting the pump and reservoir. Current status and exact location of the project unknown.
Date added: June 10, 2013
The public golf course in Oakland, Maryland is one of 254 new golf courses created by the WPA during the Great Depression (they reconstructed or improved 378 others). According to the Golf Club at Oakland: “On January 7, 1937, over… read more
Date added: June 10, 2013
The WPA installed water mains on Chicago Ave. and Falkland Dr. in Silver Spring and Blair Subdvision in 1935.
Date added: June 10, 2013
The WPA did extensive work in Seat Pleasant in 1937, including: “Improve Roosevelt Avenue, Vine and Valley Streets, and Addison Chapel Road, by constructing curbs, gutters, and cross drains, surfacing, underforming, and appurtenant work,” and “Construct streets, sidewalks, curbs, gutters,… read more
Date added: June 10, 2013; Modified: June 10, 2013
Formerly named the Rockville Academy, this building now houses a private business. The current building replaced an even older building in 1890. It was remodeled by the WPA in 1935, when it was turned from the Rockville elementary school into… read more
Date added: June 10, 2013
The WPA repaired and improved various streets in Gaithersburg in 1935.
Date added: June 10, 2013
The WPA did extensive work in Colmar Manor in 1935, including constructing concrete sidewalks, curbs and gutter improvements. The WPA also made alterations to Town Hall and improvements to City Park and a local playground. It is not known whether… read more