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Completion Year: 1942

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New Bedford Regional Airport – New Bedford MA

The Works Progress Administration had an active presence in New Bedford, providing funds for massive construction and city improvement efforts. Suggestions for an airfield near New Bedford first appear in documents from 1936, proposing a route “via Fall River and… read more

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Airports, Military and Public Safety
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Somers Mansion – Somers Point NJ

The oldest intact house in Atlantic County, the Somers Mansion dates to the 1720s and was “continuously occupied by the Somers family for over 200 years. In 1937, Somers family descendants deeded it to the Atlantic County Historical Society. New… read more

Project type: Archaeology and History, Historical Restoration, Lodges, Ranger Stations and Visitor Centers, Parks and Recreation
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Hanby House – Westerville OH

Once the home of Bishop William Hanby, a conductor on the Underground Railroad, and his son, Benjamin Hanby, a popular composer, in 1937 the Works Progress Administration (WPA) moved the Hanby House to its current location, to save it from… read more

Project type: Archaeology and History, Education and Health, Historical Restoration, Museums
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Armory – Springfield KY

“The WPA [Works Progress Administration] armory in Springfield sits atop a hill off Main Street in downtown Springfield. This building still retains a high degree of integrity and is now owned by the city. It serves as a community recreation… read more

Project type: Military and Public Safety
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Fort Wilkins – Copper Harbor MI

Established in 1844 to protect the government’s interests in the region’s “Copper Boom,” Fort Wilkinson was permanently abandoned by the U.S. Army in 1870 and became a state park in 1923. Beginning in 1938, renovation of the park began under the Works… read more

Project type: Parks and Recreation
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History – Little Rock AR

Constructed in 1840, the Tower Building, “the only surviving remnant of the Little Rock Arsenal,” was traded by the federal government to the City of Little Rock for 1,000 acres and the “condition that the grounds be ‘forever exclusively devoted… read more

Project type: Education and Health, Museums
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Clinton Public School Complex (former) – Clinton MS

Listed among the Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects in Mississippi in 1942 was the Clinton School complex (Progress public works in state). “The old elementary building at this campus was built as the last gasp of the Federal Works Agency… read more

Project type: Education and Health, Schools
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Moss Point High School – Moss Point MS

The two-story Art Deco design high school was approved for $195,000 in Works Progress Administration funds, and the city provided the remaining $130,000 to construct the school (Watson, nd). The building still serves the community as the Moss Point High… read more

Project type: Education and Health, Schools
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

McKinley County Courthouse (former): Wilton Mural – Gallup NM

"The Zuni Potters"

“The McKinley County Courthouse, itself a New Deal arts project, houses 19 pieces of New Deal art, and murals, tile work, lamps, and furniture by New Deal artists and crafts workers grace the courthouses interior.” (www.co.mckinley.nm.us) “Inside the lobby, Indian… read more

Project type: Art Works, Murals
Agency: Federal Arts Project (FAP), Works Progress Administration (WPA), Arts Programs, Work Relief Programs

Bob Hope Patriotic Hall Mural – Los Angeles CA

"Soldiers and Sailors"

“Soldiers and Sailors is a three panel painted mural [by Arthur Leitner] in the vestibule of Bob Hope Patriotic Hall. Created in 1942 as part of the WPA Art Project, the mural depicts the United States’ military uniforms from 1776 through… read more

Project type: Art Works, Murals
Agency: Federal Arts Project (FAP), Works Progress Administration (WPA), Arts Programs, Work Relief Programs
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