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  • Summit Park Parking - Bangor ME
    Federal Emergency Relief Administration crews built parking for Summit Park in Bangor ME. Excerpt from Bangor Daily News: "ERA Workers Building Parking Space Near Old Water Standpipe" "One of the new ERA projects now under way in Bangor is a large parking place being constructed at Summit Park. Those who have driven to the standpipe during summer nights for a view of the city, have found it impossible to get a good parking place, and it is believed that the new graveled area will be one of great convenience to those who wish to view the surrounding country from the top of Thomas Hill. At...
  • Hope St. Seawall - Bristol RI
    Seawall constructed on Hope St. Built by the Works Progress Administration between 1935 and 1939.
  • Sappa Park Dam and Shelter House - Oberlin KS
    The Works Progress Administration built the Sappa Park dam and shelter house - Oberlin KS in 1935. WPA crews built the park's dam and shelter house. The park was developed by the National Park Service, with the Works Progress Administration. 
  • Norcatur City Hall - Norcatur KS
    The Works Progress Administration built the Norcatur City Hall in Norcatur KS. According to the Kansas Historical Society, "In 1935, Norcatur residents voted 213 to three in favor of matching a federal grant of $26,000 to erect a new city hall. Despite construction delays and the frequent turnover of project managers, the Norcatur City Hall was completed in August 1937 under the auspices of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), a New Deal-era work relief program. Civic buildings erected as part of this program typically featured expressions of Classical or Moderne architecture. The Norcatur City Hall reflects a vernacular interpretation of the Streamlined...
  • Woodstock School of Art - Woodstock NY
    The National Youth Administration built the Woodstock School of Art in Woodstock NY in 1939. According to the Woodstock School of Art, "The structures had their beginnings in 1939, when they were commissioned as a school for arts and crafts under the National Youth Administration (NYA), one of the programs in FDR’s New Deal. There were several NYA training camps across the United States, but the one located in Woodstock, New York, provided instruction to rural youth in applied arts such as woodworking, masonry, blacksmithing, and pottery."
  • Russell Springs Bridge - Russell Springs KS
    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed a bridge in Russell Springs, Kansas during the 1930s. The location and status of the project are currently unknown to Living New Deal.
  • St. Thomas Hospital - Colby KS
    The Works Progress Administration built the St. Thomas hospital in Colby KS in 1941. According to Kansas Historical Society, "St. Thomas Hospital was constructed in 1941 through the Works Progress Administration (WPA), a federal program that funded the construction of 130 new hospitals nationwide and improvements to 1,670 more. There were only two new hospitals in Kansas constructed with WPA funds, one in Colby and the other in Oswego. The three-story Colby hospital was designed by Kansas City architect Joseph Radotinsky in the Georgian Revival style utilizing brick salvaged from the old high school on the same site. The facility was expanded...
  • City of Elkhart Municipal Building - Elkhart KS
    The Works Progress Administration built the City of Elkhart Municipal Building in Elkhart KS in 1937.
  • Old Morton County Courthouse - Richfield KS
    The Works Progress Administration built the Morton County Courthouse in 1936 in Richfield KS. County maintenance building (later temporary courthouse).
  • Stanton County Museum - Johnson City KS
    The Works Progress Administration built the Stanton County Museum in Johnson KS in 1935. The structure is built of native stone.
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