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  • Piedra Gorda Road Improvements - Camuy PR
    The Puerto Rico Emergency Relief Administration carried out repair and maintenance work in Piedra Gorda in Camuy.
  • Plant Junior High School (former) Improvements - West Hartford CT
    In 1933/4 the federal Civil Works Administration (C.W.A.) furnished the labor for redecoration / painting of the auditorium of the now-former Plant Junior High School in West Hartford, Connecticut. In 1934 the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (F.E.R.A.) repainted the exterior of the school
  • Planter's Hotel / Dock Street Theater Renovation - Charleston SC
    The historic Dock Street Theater, known as America's First Theater, in Charleston, South Carolina, was the subject of a massive Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) and Works Project Administration (WPA) renovation project between 1935 and 1937. The structure was designed by the local architecture firm Simons & Lapham. CharlestonStage.com: After the Civil War, the Planter's Hotel fell into disrepair and was slated for demolition. But in 1935, after Milton Pearlstine made the property available to the City of Charleston and at the urging of Mayor Burnet Maybank and other notable citizens, the original building became a Depression Era WPA (Works Progress Administration) project. At that...
  • Playa Road Improvements - Santa Isabel PR
    The Puerto Rico Emergency Relief Administration carried out repair and maintenance work on Playa Road in Santa Isabel.
  • Plimpton L. Graul Amphitheater - Greenville PA
    The large stone amphitheater located in Riverside Park was constructed in 1934 as a Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) project. Sources conflict as to which agency built the structure. A stone marker erected at the site in 1990 claims it was built in 1934 by the WPA, but this is questionable as the Works Progress Administration wasn’t officially established until 1935. Several articles in the Record-Argus mention the “Relief Works Division” in connection to the project, in all likelihood referring to FERA.
  • Poland Town Farm - Poland ME
    Report of the Overseers of the Poor, 1934: "The barn and ell were shingled, labor being paid out of the F.E.R.A funds, and cost of materials taken from funds raised for Repairs to Town Buildings." A few years after this FERA project, the town voted to quit using the town farm. The house and buildings were sold off in 1937. The house remains today and is a private residence.
  • Ponce de Leon to Fernandez Junco Ave. Road Construction - San Juan PR
    The Puerto Rico Emergency Relief Administration (with funds from the Federal Emergency Relief Administration) and the Civil Works Administration carried out new road construction from Ponce de Leon to Fernandez Junco Ave in San Juan.
  • Port of Oakland: Albers Brothers Milling Company Road Work (demolished) - Oakland CA
    Funds for road improvements at the foot of Seventh Street in the Port of Oakland were secured through the State Emergency Relief Administration (SERA) in 1935 (Minutes of the Port Commissioners). SERA was funded by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) of the New Deal. The improvements were to serve an expansion of the Albers Brothers milling plant, which had occupied the site alongside the Southern Pacific mole since 1918. Albers Bros. leased the site from the Port of Oakland. The Albers Bros. mill and grain silos (completed in 1940) were a landmark of the port for many years until torn down...
  • Portland International Jetport - Portland ME
    Multiple New Deal agencies were involved with the development of what is now called the Portland International Jetport. Under FERA and MERA (Maine Emergency Relief Administration), a 2000 x 100 gravel runway and a 1500 x 100 gravel runway were constructed. W.P.A. projects, sponsored by the City of Portland: "Improve municipal airport" Official Project Number: 165‐1‐11‐111 Total project cost: $669,295.00 "Complete construction of airport" Official Project Number: 65‐1‐11‐2213 Total project cost: $93,335.00
  • Portland International Jetport Terminal - Portland ME
    "Like many community airports, Portland International Jetport had its beginnings as the private field of a flying fan. Today, the Jetport is one of the nation’s fastest-growing airports, serving most of the major domestic airlines and over 1.6 million passengers a year. Dr. Clifford “Kip” Strange first created space on his extensive Portland land for his own plane in the late 1920s. Before long, there were a couple of grass runways on his land that attracted other flyers. Meanwhile, Boston & Maine Airways inaugurated airline service at the Portland facility when it moved from Scarborough in 1934. The City of Portland bought...
  • Powisett St. Rebuilding - Dover MA
    The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (F.E.R.A.) conducted road improvement work in Dover, Mass., including the elimination of "several sharp curves on Powisett Street."
  • Prescott Rodeo Grounds - Prescott AZ
    The Prescott Rodeo grounds at the Yavapai County Fairgrounds were constructed with the help of the New Deal in the mid-1930s. Among the improvements to what was then known as the Northern Arizona State Fairground were a large rodeo grandstand, administration buildings, an infirmary, two barracks, a bakery, a kitchen and mess hall, and two water wells.  Many of the buildings no longer exist, but the grandstand is still in use.  It is uncertain whether the stone Doc Pardee building and Danny Freeman building behind the grandstand are also New Deal in origin.  One source (World's Oldest Rodeo) is definite that they were, but...
  • Prindsesse Gade Repairs - Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas VI
    FERA carried out improvement work on Prindsesse Gade (Street) in Charlotte Amalie on St. Thomas. The work included "grading, rolling, spreading crushed stone and asphalting.”
  • Prospect Hill Park Improvements: Boy Scout Lean-Tos - Waltham MA
    Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) funded improvements at Prospect Hill Park in Waltham MA. The Boy Scout Lean-Tos were built in 1935 with FERA funds. The original park was founded in 1893.
  • Prospect Hill Park Improvements: North Gate - Waltham MA
    Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) funded improvements at Prospect Hill Park in Waltham MA. The North Gate was built in 1935.
  • Prospect Street Improvements - Montpelier VT
    Montpelier's 40th Annual Report details many roadwork projects undertaken in 1934 with Vermont Emergency Relief Administration (VERA) funds, including: "Prospect Street, rock excavation, grading and graveling". Efforts were continued in subsequent years by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
  • Providence Public Library Murals - Providence RI
    "Pawtucket native Edward Dubuque produced the set of five murals under the auspices of the Federal Emergency Relief Association (FERA) as an art project, and they were formally dedicated on April 23, 1935. Dubuque went on to produce backdrop sets for MGM. The five murals extending around three walls of the main room represent characters and incidents from well-known literature for boys and girls."   (www.provlib.org) The murals are as follows: Panel 1, South Wall Scene: Pinocchio, Alice in Wonderland, Humpty-Dumpty Measures 90 x 140 inches Panel 2, South Wall (with intake grate in middle) Scene: Tom Sawyer & Huck Finn; Robinson Crusoe Measures 90 x 133 inches (grate...
  • Providence Street School (former) Improvements - Millbury MA
    Improvements were made to the Millbury, Massachusetts's old Providence Street School building and grounds with the assistance of federal New Deal funds. The old school is now privately owned. The Civil Works Administration provided labor for a grounds grading project begun in 1933 as well as a roof shingling project begun and completed that year. At the same time Federal Emergency Relief Act funds enabled other improvements at the school, such as the installation of concrete steps. The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) redecorated the interior of the building in 1936 and constructed a fence and sidewalk "on the Pearl Street side...
  • Puerto Diablo Road Construction - Vieques PR
    The Civil Works Administration and the Puerto Rico Emergency Relief Administration carried out new road construction on Puerto Diablo Road in Vieques.
  • Puerto Nuevo Road Improvements - Vega Baja PR
    The Puerto Rico Emergency Relief Administration carried out repair and maintenance work on Puerto Nuevo Road in Vega Baja.
  • Puerto Real Road Improvements - Vieques PR
    The Puerto Rico Emergency Relief Administration carried out repair and maintenance work in Puerto Real in Vieques.
  • Puhl House - Palmer AK
    The Puhl House is a historic farm associated with the Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation's Matanuska Colony project, established with help of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA). Built in 1935, the complex includes a log house, a barn, and four sheds. While the structures were built by private individuals, the farmstead is associated with the New Deal because it was made possible by FERA’s Matanuska Colony initiative and the land it distributed to farmers. A registration form of the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) describes the characteristics of the log house: “The house is a one-story log building. It is rectangular...
  • Punchbowl-Makiki-Nuuanu Shortcut - Honolulu HI
    “Among the major projects on which work still was in progress at the end of the fiscal year is the Punchbowl-Makiki-Nuuanu shortcut now nearing completion, which provides another cross-town main artery for residents of Honolulu and will greatly relieve traffic congestion and existing hazards on present cross-town streets.”
  • Purcell City Hall - Purcell OK
    "A mix of one and two stories, the Purcell City Hall is rectangular (30' x 121') and is constructed of buff brick laid with a running bond. The roof is flat with parapets capped with cut limestone... A limestone crest and a brick frieze above end and side entries, and doorways with sculpted limestone jambs and lintels framed by a stepped facade lend the building an art deco architectural style... Although the WPA contributed toward the completion of this building, the project was authorized and virtually completed by the FERA, the predecessor of the WPA."   (Oklahoma Historic Preservation Survey)
  • Purdue University - West Lafayette IN
    Multiple New Deal agencies: the Public Works Administration (P.W.A.), Federal Emergency Relief Administration (F.E.R.A.), Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.), and National Youth Administration (N.Y.A.) left an indelible imprint on Purdue University with many notable construction and improvement projects. Robert Topping: Elliott once summarized federal grants and expenditures made since 1933, pat of the national effort to shore up the United States economy. The PWA, for example, had spent $700,000 toward construction of five new buildings—two units of the women's residence halls (Windsor Halls), the Executive Building (Hovde Hall of Administration), a fieldhouse and gymnasium (Lambert Fieldhouse), and an addition to the Purdue Memorial...
  • Purdue University Airport - West Lafayette IN
    Sometimes misattributed to the WPA, early development of this, the first university-owned airport in the country, was undertaken by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA). FERA also built a hangar for the airport.
  • Quasqueton Dam - Quasqueton IA
    Plans for the Quasqueton Dam were developed in May and June 1934, shortly after the CWA ended. Federal funding was initially provided by FERA. However, the construction took much longer than originally planned, so the completion of the dam was funded in the fall of 1935 by the WPA. As with other New Deal dams in Iowa, the material was supplied by the State Fish and Game Commission, and the labor by the federal government (FERA or WPA). Construction started in June 1934. The dam was 6½ feet high and 250 feet long. It was identified in newspapers more than...
  • Quemados Road Improvements - Arecibo PR
    The Puerto Rico Emergency Relief Administration carried out repair and maintenance work on Quemados Road in Arecibo.
  • Quimby Field - Gardiner ME
    "The Quimby Athletic Field of Gardiner was enlarged to make a combination baseball and football field at a cost of $17,257.08 of which $1,368.50 was spent for material. There were 11,700 cubic yards of earth moved and 300 cubic yards of ledge had to be taken out. All was done by hand. Two grandstands 50 feet long were constructed from lumber salvaged at the Veteran's Administration Grounds at Togus. They were roofed with metal roofing, painted with a heavy coat of asphalt aluminum paint. These stands will seat 300 people each. A dressing room was built beneath one and a lavatory and...
  • Railroad Avenue (former) Improvements - Seattle WA
    The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (F.E.R.A.) worked to improve Seattle's former Railroad Avenue ca. 1933-4. Railroad Avenue was later replaced by the Alaskan Way.
  • Raleigh Municipal Airport (demolished) - Raleigh NC
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) and Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) constructed runways at Raleigh Municipal Airport south of Raleigh, North Carolina. The field closed in 1973 and the property has since been thoroughly redeveloped.
  • Ranchera Road Construction - Yauco PR
    The Puerto Rico Emergency Relief Administration carried out new road construction on Ranchera Road in Yauco.
  • Raymond Rebarchek Colony Farm - Palmer AK
    The Raymond Rebarchek Colony Farm is a historic farm associated with the Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation’s Matanuska Colony project, established with help of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA). Built withe the help of the WPA between 1935 and 1937, the complex is located on the original 40 acres allotted to Mr. Rebarcheck when he drew tract # 52 from a hat in 1935. The plot consists of a 25-acre hayfield, 7 acres in pasture, one acre in natural vegetation, two acres of house and barn yard, and five acres of forest. While the construction of the house was started by...
  • Recreation Center - Ackerman MS
    A Rustic Style building with walls of vertical logs is conjectured to have been constructed by the Emergency Relief Administration. Similarly styled log buildings were documented as constructed in other areas in Mississppi.
  • Recreation Park Facilities - Asheville NC
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) and Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) provided labor for the construction of multiple facilities at Recreation Park in Asheville, NC. The CWA constructed a barracks at the park, as well as developing a skating rink. The FERA improved roads at the park. The status of these structures is unknown to Living New Deal.
  • Reformatory Improvements - Framingham MA
    In 1935 F.E.R.A. and W.P.A. labor conducted the following improvement work at what was then known as the Reformatory (now Massachusetts Correctional Institution), in Framingham, Mass.: Roads and walks were constructed and grading done at the Reformatory Mother's Cottage and Junior Inmates' Home. Also, a clothes drying yard was graded and built. Maple floors were relaid in the corridors of the main buildings. The W.P.A. constructed facilities and conducted beautification work on the grounds as well.
  • Regjerings Gade Repairs - Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas VI
    FERA carried out improvement work on Regjerings Gade (Street) in Charlotte Amalie on St. Thomas. The work included "grading, rolling, spreading crushed stone and asphalting.”
  • Relief Work - Lunenburg VT
    The small town (1,400 population, per 1930 census) of Lunenburg, Vermont received assistance from multiple New Deal relief agencies. 1933 “Several Federal Aid projects are at present under way in the district, including an Adult Education group, a Kinderarten group, School Nurses, and Noon Lunch projects. The real value of these will depend largely on the length of time they are maintained, and at CWA Projects. When I submitted my last report several Federal Aid projects were under way in the district. A Kindergarten school was established at Gilman. This school was maintained through the summer and is being conducted through the present...
  • Relief Work - Waterville ME
    In 1933, acting under the leadership of Mayor Thayer, the local C.W.A. administrator, various actions were taken to stabilize the finances of the town and reemploy as many people as possible. Reconstruction Finance Corporation Grant Received during 1933: $19,820.75 Among the various project launched: 1-H Sewing project "supervised by Mrs. Blye Drew. Clothing of all kinds has been furnished, through the Poor Department, for the relief of needy persons. More than 400' mackinaws have been made and distributed to minimum paid 'Civil Works employees engaged in outdoor work, in this, the most severe winter we have experienced in a generation." (Thayer) No. 1 J -...
  • Reno Road NW Improvements - Washington DC
    Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) improved a segment of Reno Road NW, from Rodman Street to Chesapeake Street. “This dirt road was given an improved surface: “Old material from replacement jobs is hauled to the , broken by hand, and then rolled. After rolling, the pavement is treated with a bituminous material.” Note: The DC Government annual report credits this work to the Public Works Administration (PWA), but based on previous reports of similar work, and particular wording used, for example, “Public Administration forces,” we believe that this project was more likely carried out by the Work Division of the Federal Emergency...
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