Completion Year: 1939

The post office houses the mural "View From the Palisades – West New York 1939" painted by William Dean Fausett in 1939 under the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.

State Highway 79 Bridge at the Red River which connects Jefferson County, OK with Clay County, TX. "State highway #79 bridge at the Red River is a camelback pony truss bridge built in 1939... This type of bridge is rare and this particular example maintains a high degree of integrity. It is also important for the role it played in facilitating major economic development in the region.  Listed in the National Register, 12/20/1996."   (https://www.ocgi.okstate.edu) The exact source of federal financing is unclear, but an application was made to the Bureau of Public Roads.

"This is another of the WPA-constructed schoolhouses in rural Oklahoma which live on in these small communities. The town of Bailey is gone! It is a ghost town, lying 12 miles northeast of Marlow. Its post office served from June 25, 1892, until September 30, 1932. This schoolhouse was constructed in 1939. It faces east along 2915. A sign shows it is/was the home of Bailey Community Church, but we could not determine whether the church still meets here today. This is a one-story Native Stone building which is rectangular with a gabled roof. The front entrance has a four-step stairway, leading...

Mill Valley's Park School was originally constructed in 1906. The PWA significantly expanded the school in 1939: “A school bond issue ($55,000) was passed in 1938, which permitted the securing of $45,000 already pledged by the Public Works Administration (PWA). The school board hired Walter C. Falch, who designed Mill Valley City Hall as the architect for the project. Peter Sartorio proposed the winning bid of $86,759 for the construction contract. The new V-shaped edifice, with an auditorium at its apex and wings extending back from both sides, was said to be one of the most up-to-date schools in the...

This elementary school was constructed with Public Works Administration (PWA) funds in 1939. The school is still in use, although recent renovations have altered the school's original appearance. The dedication plaque at the entrance is still visible.

"The West New York post office, designed under supervising architect Louis Simon of the U.S. Department of Treasury and finished in 1939, exemplifies the growing popularity in the U.S. of modern architectural trends over traditional Classicism. ... he building retains its original exterior and a fluted frieze."  (On site historical marker)

The North Bergen post office was constructed in 1939 with New Deal funds. A mural by Avery Johnson, “Purchase of Territory of North Bergen from the Indians,” was installed in 1942.

This reinforced concrete bridge over the Arroyo Seco flood control channel was built by the WPA in 1939.

The 9-hole golf course was designed by Perry Maxwell in 1939 and constructed with WPA labor. Although another 9 holes were added in later years, the original design by Maxwell is still in use. "...public recreation centers offered the greatest benefit to society as a means of promoting health and happiness" (Jerris, 2009).

An August 25, 1939 article in the Bartlett Tribune and News reported on the latest round of PWA funding: "The first project to get under construction in was at Monument, Colorado, on August 3, 1939. The project, calling for $1,300 worth of school improvements, was one of the nation's smallest and also the first of PWA projects to be completed in the United States."