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Brewer Municipal Auditorium – Brewer ME

The Brewer Municipal Auditorium in Brewer ME was built with the support of the Federal Works Agency of the Public Works Administration in 1939. “Prior to the beginning of the 1939 municipal year all arrangements for building the auditorium had… read more

Project type: Auditoriums and Arenas, Civic Facilities, Parks and Recreation
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Clifton School (demolished) – Clifton TX

The Clifton School is an Art Deco style building constructed in 1940. The structure is brick with pre-cast white stone ornamentation (made on the job site). The entrance has two stories, the second story being reserved for administrative space. Two… read more

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

Eden Grammar School – Eden TX

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the Eden Grammar School in Eden, Concho County. The one-story building is a combination of brick and rock. The WPA plaque bears the date 1938-1940. The cornerstone above mentions the date 1941. A high school building next… read more

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

Fair Park – Dallas TX

Fair Park was expanded by New Deal agencies WPA, CCC, and PWA in 1936. The Dallas City Commission is considering to privatize Fair Park in 2018.

Project type: Auditoriums and Arenas, Civic Facilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Oakes Field House (former Recreation Building) – South Charleston WV

The Public Works Administration funded the construction of the Oakes Field House (former Recreation Building) in South Charleston in 1939. The Recreation Building, as it was called in 1939, is a two-story brick building with gable and seven bays facing 3rd… read more

Project type: Athletic Courts and Fields, Parks and Recreation
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Olfen Public School – Olfen TX

A new $17,800 school building at Olfen, Runnels county, was dedicated 3/26/39. The modern six- room structure was completed March 22. Attending the dedication was E. C. Grindstaff, county school superintendent; John C. Becker, architect who designed the building; the… read more

Project type: Schools, Education and Health
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Penelope Rural High School, Dist. 8 – Penelope TX

The Works Progress Administration built the Penelope Rural High School, School Dist. 8. The one-story brick building bearing white cement decorations at the top was completed in 1940. It houses eight classrooms, a gym-auditorium, offices, storerooms, and a locker room.

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

School Improvements – Rising Star TX

The Works Progress Administration conducted improvement work at the Rising Star School in Rising Star, Texas, in 1939. According to the Abilene Reporter-News, “Rising Star School Gets WPA Allotment RISING STAR, April 12.– Announcement was received here today that $18,933 had… read more

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

Seagle Building – Gainesville FL

A Gainesville FL landmark building that began construction in 1926 but was unfinished until New Deal agency (PWA and WPA) funding made completion possible. It was used by University of Florida following completion in 1937 and later was converted into… read more

Project type: Colleges and Universities, Education and Health
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Wagner Performing Arts Center – Monroe WA

The Wagner Performing Arts Center in Monroe, Washington was originally the auditorium of Monroe Junior High School, built in the late 1930s with the help of PWA grant funds. Construction of the auditorium and school began in September, 1938 and… read more

Project type: Auditoriums and Arenas, Civic Facilities
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

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