Brookside Drive Entrance – Amherst OH

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) and Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) “constructed a new entrance to Brookside Drive” in Amherst, Ohio.

Brunswick Executive Airport – Brunswick ME

The Brunswick airport was originally built in 1935 by the Maine Emergency Relief Administration, a state division of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration after a survey of airports in the state by Capt. Harry M. Jones with the intention of… read more

Buffalo Creek Park Dam – Coggon IA

The New Deal dam in Coggon, located in northeastern Linn County, was replaced in 1967 by the current dam, known as the Buffalo Creek Park Dam.41 The New Deal dam was built in order to restore Manhattan Lake in Coggon…. read more

Bunker Hill Road NE Improvements – Washington DC

In 1933-34, the Civil Works Administration (CWA) and the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) carried out pavement repair and other unspecified improvements to a lengthy segment of Bunker Hill Road NE, from Twentieth Street to the District of Columbia line.  … read more

Burroughs Playground Improvements – Washington DC

The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) completed improvements at theBurroughs Playground in Washington DC, between 1934 and 1935. The work consisted of the following improvements: “Resurfaced two tennis courts.” The playground is on the school grounds of the John Burroughs Elementary… read more

Calf Pasture Beach Improvements – Norwalk CT

Calf Pasture Beach is a Norwalk city park. Multiple New Deal agencies worked to improve the park during the 1930s. “Some additional buildings and sidewalks were constructed at Calf Pasture in 1935 with funding provided by the Federal Emergency Relief… read more

Camino Rio Grande Improvements – Morovis PR

The Puerto Rico Emergency Relief Administration carried out repair and maintenance work on Camino Rio Grande in Morovis.

Camp Fairchance – Low Gap WV

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) and the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) funded the construction of Camp Fairchance in Low Gap, Boone County. The buildings were constructed by FERA and later occupied by the WPA. The camp hired unemployed teachers… read more

Camp W.G. Williams Hostess House – Riverton UT

The WPA and FERA built the “Hostess House” at the recently opened Camp Williams National Guard training site in 1935. From the National Register of Historic Places: “This public works-sponsored building is an example of the Period Revival/ English Tudor… read more

Campbell House – Palmer AK

This 1935 Colony House was built as part of the New Deal resettlement program that brought colonists from Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin to Palmer Alaska in 1935. The building has recently been restored and accepted to the National Register of… read more

Campgrounds and Trails – Mill Creek Canyon UT

Mill Creek Canyon lies east of Salt Lake City in the Wasatch Mountains and is a popular recreation area for city dwellers.  It is part of the Unita-Wasatch-Cache National Forest In 1936-37, crews paid under the Employment Recovery Act made… read more

Candelaria Road Improvements – Toa Baja PR

The Puerto Rico Emergency Relief Administration carried out repair and maintenance work on Candelaria Road in Toa Baja.

Canonsburg Town Park Swimming Pool – Canonsburg PA

Multiple New Deal agencies worked to construct a municipal pool for Canonsburg, Pennsylvania in 1934—1936. The prospect of a pool had been discussed for years, though no progress was made until assistance from New Deal work relief programs was made… read more

Capitol Building Improvements – San Juan PR

The Federal Emergency Relief Administration funded improvement work to the Capitol Building in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Capitol Building Landscaping – San Juan PR

The Civil Works Administration and the Puerto Rico Emergency Relief Administration carried out grounds landscaping work at the Capitol Building in San Juan.

Capitol Murals (State Capitol Rotunda) – Salt Lake City UT

In early 1934,  the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP) sponsored ten local artists to decorate the Utah State Capitol, led by Lee Greene Richards. The others included Ranch Kimball, Henri Moser, Gordon Cope, Florence Ware, J.T. Harwood, Walter Midgley and Millard Mallin…. read more

Capulin Volcano National Monument: Parking Lot Wall – Capulin NM

At Capulin Volcano National Monument “the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) … [constructed] the retaining wall around the Visitor Center parking area.” Modern imagery suggests that the parking lot may have been redone.

Caribou Municipal Airport – Caribou ME

Caribou Municipal Airport saw development work conducted by multiple New Deal agencies. It was developed as part of a statewide airport building effort by FERA. It was originally built with a N – S 3000×250 graded sod runway, & a E… read more

Casa Blanca Repairs – San Juan PR

The Federal Emergency Relief Administration funded repair work at Casa Blanca in San Juan.

Cascade Park – Bangor ME

“Built in 1934 on low swampy land across the street from the Bangor Water Works, which supplied city water from the Penobscot River, the park was designed by city manager James G. Wallace and funded by the Works Progress Administration… read more

Casper Mountain Park Improvements – Casper WY

The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) conducted improvement / development work at “Casper mountain park.”

Castner School (former) Improvements – Damariscotta ME

“Due to the efforts of the members of your Superintending School Committee a number of worthwhile improvements were made on the physical plant. The Castner building was renovated throughout. The development of the school grounds adds much to the beauty… read more

Cavanillas to Santa Cruz Rd. Road Construction – Carolina PR

The Puerto Rico Emergency Relief Administration (with funds from the Federal Emergency Relief Administration) carried out new road construction connecting Cavanillas to Santa Cruz Rd. in Carolina.

Cemetery and Municipal Improvements – Sandown NH

The 1935 Town report mentions: Public Service Enterprises Fence Construction Centre Cemetery ERA Project —– $563.69 employing 13 people WPA Highway Project $260.34 WPA Sewing Project $60.21 employing 2 people

Cemetery Beautification – Boone NC

The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) conducted a cemetery beautification project in Boone, NC. It is unclear which cemetery was improved as part of this project.

Cemetery Improvements – Burlington MA

The C.W.A., F.E.R.A, and W.P.A. conducted development and improvement work at Chestnut Hill Cemetery in Burlington, Mass. Work included construction of new roads and grading a new addition of land.

Center School Playground (demolished) – Hatfield MA

In 1934, the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (F.E.R.A.) furnished the cost of labor for the construction of a playground behind Center School in Hatfield, Massachusetts. The 35-man project cost the Town of Hatfield only the price of materials for the… read more

Central Cemetery Improvements – Millbury MA

Improvements were made to the Central Cemetery in Millbury, Massachusetts with Federal Emergency Relief Act funds in 1933. 282 Millbury locals were given employment in 1933 as a result of the federal E.R.A. The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed… read more

Central High School Repairs – San Juan PR

The Puerto Rico Emergency Relief Administration carried out repair work to the Central High School in San Juan.

Central Maine Airport (former) – Norridgewock ME

Central Maine Airport of Norridgewock is a public use airport in Somerset County, Maine, United States. It is owned by the Town of Norridgewock and has two runways. According to the newspaper the Independent Reporter, of FERA funds that were… read more

Central Park – Mott ND

Mott, North Dakota’s Central Park, is located “between 3rd and 4th Sts. Its recreation facilities were built as an FERA project.” Tennis courts were suggested as being among the facilities.

Central Park Zoo – New York NY

The Central Park Zoo was built over the course of eight months in 1934 by workers employed by the Civil Works Administration and, after that program’s demise, by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration. It succeeded the old Central Park Menagerie,… read more

Central Park: Arsenal Improvements – New York NY

The Central Park Arsenal was built 1847-51, but served only briefly in that function.  After 1853, it was a police precinct house, the American Museum of Natural History, a menagerie, an art gallery, the Municipal Weather Bureau, a restaurant, and, finally… read more

Central St. Improvements – Acton MA

Town annual report: The following work has been done under [Federal Emergency Relief Administration, (F.E.R.A.)] projects, since April, 1934: Central Street, seven men, 1 foreman, five trucks

Centre St. Reconstruction – Dover MA

The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (F.E.R.A.) conducted road improvement work in Dover, Mass., including the reconstruction of Centre Street to remove some dangerous turns.

Cerro Gordo Road Construction – Vega Alta PR

The Puerto Rico Emergency Relief Administration carried out new road construction on Cerro Gordo in Vega Alta.

Chapel Hill Community Clubhouse – Utica MS

In 1933 a group of women organized the Sunshine Club in Chapel Hill, a community near Utica in Hinds county. They secured the donation of land for a clubhouse, helped clear the grounds area and cut trees for the logs… read more

Charity Hospital Improvements – Natchez MS

A $15,000 improvement project was allotted for Natchez Charity hospital, the oldest charity hospital in Mississippi, for main building and nurses’ home. The hospital was constructed 1849-1852, 3.5 stories, and was destroyed by fire in 1984. It became the Natchez… read more

Charity Hospital Improvements – Vicksburg MS

$4,600 project was allotted for Vicksburg Charities hospital for main building and nurses’ home renovations in 1934. The building that began as the city hospital in the 1840s because a state institution around 1871, operated from a former plantation mansion…. read more

Charlestown Bridge Repairs – Boston MA

A Boston Public Works Department report cited Federal Emergency Relief Administration (F.E.R.A.) labor as conducting the following work: “Warren and Charlestown Bridges, repairs to fender piers. Retaining wall at Charlestown Bridge repaired.”