National Youth Administration (NYA) was stationed at Avoca State Fish Hatchery from 1935 until 1942. The improvements to Avoca State Fish Hatchery was one of the longest NYA projects undertaken in the state. The NYA built a shelter house with… read more
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Co. 2580 began construction on the commissary. The CCC Camp was abandoned in March 1942 and the commissary was only seventy percent complete. The commissary was eventually completed by park personnel and opened to the public… read more
The historic post office in Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania houses an example of New Deal artwork: “Mountain Landscape,” a mural by Elizabeth Shannon Phillips. The 1942 work was commissioned by the federal Treasury Section of Fine Arts.
The historic post office in Girard, Pennsylvania houses an example of New Deal artwork: a wood relief entitled “Vacation Time.” The work was created by Janet De Coux in 1942. Commissioned by the federal Treasury Section of Fine Arts, the… read more
The historic post office in Hawthorne, New Jersey houses an example of New Deal artwork: a wood relief titled “Postman and Hawthorne Bush.” The work, created by Ilse Erythropel, was completed in 1942. It was commissioned by the federal Treasury… read more
The former National Guard Armory in Columbia, Tennessee was designed by Warfield and Keeble. The facility includes a 70×100-foot drill hall. Warfield and Keeble designed a series of Tennessee National Guard Armories for the WPA between 1940-1942 with a “standardized… read more
About 8.6 acres, renovated by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), completed in 1942 . Bridgeton Historic District is located along Bridgeton’s Mains Street and encompasses the town’s center of commerce, industry, civic activity. Collom’s General Store (56005) and Bridgeton Country… read more
This WPA project replaced a much smaller airport to the west of the present airport. It was a $350,000 project and was met with much fanfare, completed just after the start of WW II.
The Renton History Museum is housed in a former fire station built by the WPA between 1941 and 1942.
The Works Progress Administration built this courthouse in Grantsville between 1941 and 1942. The building is stone construction with an entrance marked by a portico and a taller central portion. The massing of the rear facade is minimized by a… read more