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New Deal Category: Cemeteries

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Alexandria National Cemetery Improvements – Alexandria VA

“During the 1930s, the Civilian Works Administration (CWA) made general repairs to the lodge and outbuildings and erected a new flagpole.”

Project type: Cemeteries, Civic Facilities
Agency: Civil Works Administration (CWA), Work Relief Programs

Alton National Cemetery Improvements – Alton IL

“In 1938, the Alton Cemetery Association made an initial offer to donate land for a national cemetery with a proviso that the government build a rostrum or permanent speaker’s stand for use on Memorial Day. Once the offer was accepted,… read more

Project type: Cemeteries, Civic Facilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Andrew Johnson National Cemetery Improvements – Greeneville TN

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted an improvement project at Andrew Johnson National Cemetery in Greeneville, Tennessee, providing work for about 35 laborers.

Project type: Cemeteries, Civic Facilities
Agency: Civil Works Administration (CWA), Work Relief Programs

Annapolis National Cemetery Improvements – Annapolis MD

From the National Park Service: “One of the 14 national cemeteries that date from the Civil War, the Annapolis National Cemetery is the final resting place for many Union soldiers who died in the nearby ‘parole camps’ and hospitals of… read more

Project type: Cemeteries, Civic Facilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Arlington National Cemetery Improvements – Arlington VA

Project cards in the National Archives index describes extensive work to be undertaken by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in Arlington National Cemetery in 1938-41.   “Reconstruct and improve roads and streets in Arlington National Cemetery Reservation located near Fort… read more

Project type: Cemeteries, Civic Facilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Baltimore National Cemetery – Baltimore MD

WPA workers working on the grounds of Baltimore National Cemetery

According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the land that is now Baltimore National Cemetery was once called the Cloud Capped Estate: “Conversion of the Cloud Capped estate to a national shrine was the responsibility of the War Department,… read more

Project type: Cemeteries, Civic Facilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Barton Heights Cemeteries Fence – Richmond VA

The Barton Heights Cemeteries in Richmond, Virginia are “encircled by a fence erected by the Works Progress Administration in 1935.”

Project type: Cemeteries, Civic Facilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Bourland Cemetery Gateway – Keller TX

Text from the state historical marker reads: “Aurelius Delphus Bourland (1840-1904), a North Carolina native and a veteran of the Civil War, bought land here in 1873. A farmer and Primitive Baptist preacher, he first used this site as a… read more

Project type: Cemeteries, Civic Facilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Carlton Cemetery Improvements – Carlton MT

The WPA allocated $3,161 for “cemetery improvement” near Carlton, Montana in August 1938. It is presumed that this site is what’s presently known as Carlton Cemetery, which is located behind the Florence Carlton Church along Old U.S. 93.

Project type: Cemeteries, Civic Facilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Cayucos Morrow Bay Cemetery – Cayucos CA

Situated on the east side of Ocean Boulevard, in a little valley is the town of Cayucos’s only cemetery. The front of the cemetery is defined by a low masonry wall constructed by the WPA in 1940. It is made… read more

Project type: Cemeteries, Civic Facilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Cedar Hill Cemetery Improvements – Bessemer AL

The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted improvement work at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Bessemer, Alabama.

Project type: Cemeteries, Civic Facilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

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

Project type: Cemeteries, Civic Facilities, Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
Agency: Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

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.

Project type: Cemeteries, Civic Facilities
Agency: Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), Work Relief Programs

Cemetery Expansion – Evanston WY

Works Progress Administration (WPA) built an expansion to the Evanston Cemetery in Wyoming’. Regarding the City Cemetery, Evanston, Wyoming’s website states: “The largest expansion of the cemetery took place in the mid 1930s, when the “New Section” was constructed as… read more

Project type: Cemeteries, Civic Facilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Cemetery Improvements – Brigham City UT

The Brigham City Cemetery grounds were improved by the WPA. “Major Cemetery improvements started after World War I when the existing roads were mapped out sprinkler systems installed, grave markers lined up and landscaping improved. Much of this work was… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, Cemeteries
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

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.

Project type: Civic Facilities, Cemeteries
Agency: Civil Works Administration (CWA), Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Cemetery Improvements – Canosia Township MN

“The cemetery is located at the junction of Midway Road (County #13) and Seville Road (County #694), a short distance south of the intersection of Midway Road and US Highway 53… Some WPA funding in the 1930’s and 1940’s allowed… read more

Project type: Cemeteries, Civic Facilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Cemetery Improvements – Cardiff AL

The Civil Works Administration conducted improvement work at Cardiff Cemetery north of Cardiff, Alabama. CWA Project No. 37-C-162: completed. Work began Nov. 23, 1933.

Project type: Cemeteries, Civic Facilities
Agency: Civil Works Administration (CWA), Work Relief Programs

Cemetery Improvements – Concord NH

Municipal reports from 1933-1942 detail PWA and WPA work on several local cemeteries. In 1933, the PWA spent nearly $5,000 on the following: Fencing Blossom Hill Cemetery. Crematory Blossom Hill Cemetery. Drainage Blossom Hill Cemetery. Grading Blossom Hill Cemetery, Maple… read more

Project type: Cemeteries, Civic Facilities
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA), Works Progress Administration (WPA), Public Works Funding, Work Relief Programs

Cemetery Improvements – Fremont NH

A town report for 1938 says that the WPA helped in the reconstruction of the Curtis and Village cemeteries (located in what is now Chester, NH), in work that employed 30 men.

Project type: Cemeteries, Civic Facilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Cemetery Improvements – Goffstown NH

A municipal report of 1934 describes CWA work on a local cemetery: Cemetery Project US.Govt.Funds on C.W.A. Project Paid for labor $1,556.50 Stone furnished $57.00 Total $1,613.50 The town constructed a wrought iron fence, the CWA’s share was the granite… read more

Project type: Cemeteries, Civic Facilities
Agency: Civil Works Administration (CWA), Work Relief Programs

Cemetery Improvements – Lakota ND

The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) worked to improve the cemetery in Lakota, North Dakota in 1936.

Project type: Cemeteries, Civic Facilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Cemetery Improvements – Minersville UT

National Youth Administration crews conducted various improvements to the Minersville cemetery.

Project type: Civic Facilities, Archaeology and History, Cemeteries, Historical Restoration
Agency: National Youth Administration (NYA), Work Relief Programs

Cemetery Improvements – Pine Bluffs WY

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted work at what Living New Deal believes is Riverside Cemetery (a.k.a. Cody Cemetery) in Cody, Wyoming. Cassity: “At Pine Bluffs, the water main was extended about a half mile so that it would reach… read more

Project type: Cemeteries, Civic Facilities, Infrastructure and Utilities, Water Supply
Agency: Civil Works Administration (CWA), Work Relief Programs

Cemetery Improvements – Portales NM

Cemetery improvements were undertaken as a New Deal project, most likely by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).

Project type: Civic Facilities, Cemeteries
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Cemetery Wall – Villisca IA

A local newspaper from 1939 explains that, “The cemetery improvement work started on August 28, 1938, with provision of rebuilding some 500 feet of rock walls and rock masonary entrance portals; laying 1000 feet of water mains; sodding and landscaping… read more

Project type: Cemeteries, Civic Facilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Central Cemetery Improvements – Carver MA

Federal Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) labor worked to improve the conditions at the Central Cemetery in Carver, Massachusetts.

Project type: Cemeteries, Civic Facilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

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

Project type: Cemeteries, Civic Facilities
Agency: Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

City Cemetery Improvements – Cottonwood AZ

Main entrance to cemetery - Cottonwood AZ

From its origins in the 19th century, the cemetery in Cottonwood AZ was privately owned and run. A local committee was formed in 1937-38 to maintain the cemetery and it immediately sought federal aid from the New Deal.  Help came… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, Cemeteries, Rock Walls
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

City Infrastructure Improvements – Keokuk IA

During the 1930s, the WPA did extensive work in Keokuk. In addition to grading city streets and installing sewers, stop signs and stop lights, the WPA also built a high school athletic field and made improvements to the National Cemetery… read more

Project type: Cemeteries, Civic Facilities, Education and Health, Infrastructure and Utilities, Schools
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

City Section, Mt. Hope Cemetery – Bangor ME

“The City Section of Mt. Hope is located on the north side of Mt. Hope Avenue and also includes a portion of land south of Mt. Hope within the Mt. Hope Cemetery fence. This 30-acre site began to take form… read more

Project type: Cemeteries, Civic Facilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Cold Harbor National Cemetery Improvements – Mechanicsville VA

“In the early 20th century, service structures including tool, well and oil houses were built and rebuilt. Civil Works Administration laborers did much of this construction during the 1930s.”

Project type: Cemeteries, Civic Facilities
Agency: Civil Works Administration (CWA), Work Relief Programs

Columbia, Summer House Gate Repair – Columbia AL

The Works Progress Administration repaired the fence and entrance gate to the Columbia Cemetery. The gate is known as the Summer House.

Project type: Civic Facilities, Cemeteries
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Crownhill Cemetery Improvements – Amherst OH

The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) provided labor to improve Crownhill Cemetery in Amherst, Ohio in 1934.

Project type: Cemeteries, Civic Facilities
Agency: Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), Work Relief Programs

Culpeper National Cemetery Improvements – Culpeper VA

“During the 1930s, the cemetery was improved through several Depression-era federal make-work programs. In 1934, the original tool house was demolished and replaced by a new brick garage-tool-comfort station erected by the Civil Works Administration (CWA) at a cost of… read more

Project type: Cemeteries, Civic Facilities
Agency: Civil Works Administration (CWA), Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Cypress Hills National Cemetery Improvements – Brooklyn NY

The WPA undertook work during the 1930s to improve Brooklyn, New York’s Cypress Hills National Cemetery (the only National Cemetery in New York City). One $110,000 project entailed: “[R]ehabilitate grounds and buildings which includes tree surgery, aligning, setting and resetting… read more

Project type: Cemeteries, Civic Facilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Davenport Cemetery Chapel – Davenport OK

“Davenport Cemetery is a Town-operated cemetery, 1.25 miles west of town off Route 66, on 3490 Road. The cemetery has graveled driveways forming a circle with north-south and east-west bisecting drives. At the center of the cemetery, at the intersection… read more

Project type: Cemeteries, Civic Facilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Dover Cemetery Improvements – Dover-Foxcroft ME

When the Civil Works Administration (CWA) was launched in November 1933, the Old Dover Village Cemetery received improvements. According to community notes in the Bangor Daily News, “road grading and widening at the Dover Cemetery, and construction of a new… read more

Project type: Cemeteries, Civic Facilities
Agency: Civil Works Administration (CWA), Work Relief Programs

Elmwood Cemetery Wall – Bowie TX

A state historical marker at Elmwood Cemetery notes that the native stone wall along the perimeter of the cemetery on Patterson and Nelson Streets was constructed by employees of the Civilian Conservation Corps between 1935 and 1937.

Project type: Cemeteries, Civic Facilities
Agency: Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Work Relief Programs

Elmwood Cemetery Wall – Woodward OK

In 1937 the Federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) completed construction of this three foot high L-shaped granite rock wall that runs for hundreds of miles along the north and east sides of the Elmwood Cemetery in Woodward, Oklahoma. The Oklahoma… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, Cemeteries
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
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