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Completion Year: 1943

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Eleanor Roosevelt Community – San Juan PR

PRRA architectural drawing of planned Eleanor Roosevelt community

In October 1936 — two years after the First Lady visited Puerto Rico to assess social and economic conditions — it was announced that the New Deal’s Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration (PRRA) was taking bids for the construction of the… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, Public Housing
Agency: Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration (PRRA)

City Hall: Mako Bas Reliefs – Burbank CA

City Hall: Mako Bas Reliefs – Burbank CA

In 1943, Bartolo Mako sculpted a set of bas reliefs for City Hall in Burbank, CA. Two are located on the building’s east and west wings, with another at the Third Street entrance. The project likely received funding from the… read more

Project type: Bas Reliefs, Art Works
Agency: WPA Arts Project (WPAAP), Arts Programs

Potomac State College: Improvements, Repairs, and Maintenance – Keyser WV

Potomac State College - Keyser WV

Potomac State College (PSC) in Keyser, West Virginia, received a great deal of aid from the New Deal’s National Youth Administration (NYA). As early as October 1935, 45 PSC students were in the NYA program (34 men and 11 women),… read more

Project type: Education and Health, Colleges and Universities
Agency: Work Relief Programs, National Youth Administration (NYA)

High School Auditorium and Gymnasium (Former) – Baldwin City KS

Baldwin City gym-auditorium building, S elevation 

The Auditorium and Gymnasium is an addition to Baldwin High School built by the Works Progress Administration. Construction on the $72,000 project stopped in 1942 when WPA workers were pulled away to work on a site in Lawrence. The gymnasium… read more

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

Aliso Village (demolished) – Los Angeles CA

In 1942, the United States Housing Authority (USHA) built the Aliso Village low-income housing project in South Central Los Angeles.  The project included over 1500 garden-style (low-rise) apartments designed by eminent L.A. architects.  Like many public housing projects around the… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, Public Housing
Agency: US Housing Authority (USHA), Housing Programs

United States Travel Bureau (former) – Washington DC

The United States Travel Bureau existed from 1937 to 1943 as an office within the Interior Department, and its mission was to promote travel in the western hemisphere and especially within the United States. The U.S. Travel Bureau had offices… read more

Project type: Historic Sites, Archaeology and History

Parkside Dwellings Community Building – Washington DC

The Alley Dwelling Authority (ADA) funded the construction of a community building for the Parkside Dwellings and surrounding area, ca. 1941-1943. It is unknown to the Living New Deal if this building still exists. The ADA was one of the… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, Community Centers
Agency: Alley Dwelling Authority (DC only), Housing Programs

Nichols Avenue Houses Community Building – Washington DC

The Alley Dwelling Authority (ADA) funded the construction of a community building for the Nichols Avenue Houses and surrounding area, ca. 1943. It is unknown to the Living New Deal if this building still exists. The ADA was one of… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, Community Centers
Agency: Alley Dwelling Authority (DC only), Housing Programs

Barry Farm Dwellings Administration and Community Building – Washington DC

The Alley Dwelling Authority (ADA) funded the construction of an administration and community building for the Barry Farm Dwellings and surrounding community, ca. 1941-1943. It is unknown to the Living New Deal if this building still exists. The ADA was… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, Community Centers
Agency: Alley Dwelling Authority (DC only), Housing Programs

Tunlaw Road Houses – Washington DC

The Alley Dwelling Authority (ADA) and the Federal Works Agency (FWA) funded the construction of the Tunlaw Road Houses in Washington, DC in 1943. This development of 92 living units was built for white national defense workers (Washington, DC was highly… read more

Project type: Public Housing, Civic Facilities
Agency: Alley Dwelling Authority (DC only), Federal Works Agency (FWA), Housing Programs, Public Works Funding
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