All Sites

This is an alphabetical list of every New Deal site on our national map, with a thumbnail photo and text.

• Cherry Clinton Playground - New York NY

  Today's NYC Parks website explains that: "The land now occupied by Cherry Clinton Playground was owned by the Board of Education through the first few decades of the 20th century, and was used as the Seventh Ward Athletic Field until jurisdiction was transferred to Parks on June 16, 1938. The park ...
• Cherry Grove School (former) - Quapaw OK

  Just south of I-44 in the northeast corner of Oklahoma lies a historic 1936 school building built by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). "This one-room, rectangular (23' x 45') structure is made of uncut native stone." The building is now privately owned. Remarkably, Google Street View imagery from I-44 shows the ...
• Cherry Lake Farms - Cherry Lake FL

  The Cherry Lake community was a Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) project to build a community for resettlement of families from the urban areas in Florida. FERA bought 15000 acres on which it planned to build farms, housing, and an industrial plant, withe the goal of creating a self sufficient ...
• Cherry Lake Farms - Madison FL

  "Cherry Lake Farm (also known as Cherry Rural Rehabilitation Project) was a New Deal rural relief program initiated by the FERA and the Resettlement Administration (RA) and implemented by the WPA. The project involved moving 500 needy families from Tampa, Miami, and Jacksonville onto a 15,000-acre communal tract. The workers ...
• Cherry Street Bridge - Milwaukee WI

  Milwaukee's Cherry Street Bridge was constructed as a Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) project in 1940. "The Cherry Street Bridge is a bascule bridge that crosses the Milwaukee River just North of downtown. The 214-foot total length includes a 103-foot draw span. It was built in 1940 and is notable for ...
• Cherry Street Paving - Findlay OH

  A historic photograph documents Works Progress Administration (WPA) laborers laying bricks on 'East Cherry' Street in Findlay, Ohio in 1938. "Part of FDR’s New Deal, the Works Progress Administration gave jobs to millions during the Great Depression. Here in Findlay, crews helped pave streets, build sidewalks, buildings, and improve the city—projects ...
• Cherryville School (former) - Cherryville MO

  The Cherryville, MO school project is on the east side of route 19, just north of route 49. The school and gymnasium were more recently built, with funds and labor provided by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The school is no longer in service. ...
• Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) Canal National Historical Park - Georgetown DC to Seneca MD

  Under the New Deal, the defunct Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) Canal was acquired by the federal government and restored from Georgetown in the District of Columbia (where it enters the Potomac River) to Seneca MD, a distance of 22 miles.  This lay the basis for the future C&O Canal National ...
• Chesapeake City Elementary School - Chesapeake City MD

  Contracts for the construction of two high schools in Cecil County (Cecilton and Chesapeake City) were awarded to to Lang Brothers of Baltimore by the PWA in December 1938.  The $134,800 contract for the Chesapeake City high school called for "a two-story and part basement , designed to take care ...
• Chesapeake Street NW Improvements - Washington DC

  In 1935-36, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) repaved a segment of Chesapeake Street NW, from Nebraska Avenue to Fort Drive.   The work was part of the $949,496 WPA allotment for DC roadwork for fiscal year 1936.   The work is likely still extant, but invisible and paved over.         ...