Reade Hall – Valdosta GA
Valdosta State University’s Reade Hall, a dormitory-auditorium building, was constructed as Senior Hall with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds and was completed in spring 1937.
Location: Valdosta State University - Valdosta GA
Pool (demolished) – Valdosta GA
The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) began construction on “a collegiate-sized pool with underwater lighting and an adjacent bath house” in 1936 at what is now Valdosta State University. The school was completed by the state in 1938. The exact… read more
House-in-the-Woods Cabin (demolished) – Valdosta GA
“The original tenement “House in the Woods” burned down and the second “House in the Woods” was built in 1939 by Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s WPA. The new “House in the Woods” was made of logs with two large open fireplaces.”… read more
Powell Hall – Valdosta GA
“Dedicated by Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt in 1941 as Georgia State Women’s College Library and officially named for Richard Holmes Powell, the first president of the institution, in 1947. It served as the library for the college for 30 years before… read more