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The Works Progress Administration repaired streets and sidewalks in Davy, McDowell County.

The Works Progress Administration built “5,898 lineal feet of eighteen-inch sewer” in English, McDowell County.

The Works Progress Administration built a sanitary sewer system in Morgantown, Monongalia County, in 1936.

The Public Works Administration funded the construction of a new clinic, part of the State Hospital for Mental Diseases (also known as the Spencer State Hospital for Mental Diseases) in Spencer, Roane County. The addition was built in 1937 and was a five-bed facility. The State Hospital for Mental Diseases closed in July 1989 and demolished in 2005. The condition of the structure is unknown to the Living New Deal.

The Public Works Administration funded the construction of a new hospital with modern facilities in Parkersburg. The exact location and condition of this structure are unknown to the Living New Deal.

The Public Works Administration funded the construction of a new hospital in New Martinsville. The exact location and condition of this structure are unknown to the Living New Deal.

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built a community center for African American residents of Wilson Hollow, Charleston, Kanawha County. The exact location and condition of this structure are unknown to the Living New Deal. The May  7, 1938 the Charleston Gazette notes that construction started in 1936 and “WPA Grant for Negro Social Center Received.” The Charleston Daily Mail, 6 May 1938 also reported that “Negro Center Fund Granted.” Article cites work began “two years ago” and could resume. Noted allocation of $2,246 for the project with funds “practically all for labor.” “The building including an auditorium and classrooms is used instead as a social, recreational and training...

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built a community center in Talcott, Summers County. The project started under the Emergency Relief Administration. The two-story brick structure housed a gymnasium, an auditorium, a stage, dressing rooms, and rooms for social gatherings. The exact location and condition of this facility are unknown to the Living New Deal.

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) paved streets on the south side of Palestine, Texas in the fall of 1940. Some of the streets paved were Angelina Street, Michaeux Avenue and Highland Avenue. The WPA used an iron ore base with an asphalt top.

A Public Works Administration package of school construction grants of $3,821,000 helped build Lamar High School in Southwest Houston, along with other schools in the city. The Moderne style school was completed in December 1937. There is a large bas-relief map of Texas carved over one entrance.