City and Town Halls Sites

This city hall resides in the heart of downtown Dorris and along Hwy 97. It is a stone structure built in 1935 with funds provided by the WPA. The city hall was built for $20,000. No noticeable plaque was located on the outside of the building. There may be a plaque inside.

In 1935-36 the WPA worked on reconstruction and renovation of the historic 1794 Fairfield Town Hall building, including the addition of wings to both sides of building; basement improvements and utility upgrades; a new cupola to replace an older cupola that had been demolished; and the construction of a circular terrace at the rear of the building. The building presently houses an example of New Deal artwork, relocated from the former Fairfield main post office.

This small stone building was constructed as the town hall and fire hall in 1938. A 2008 photo on flickr shows the building still standing, but the Living New Deal has not been able to confirm the building's exact location or current use.

Construction through the Works Progress Administration (WPA) began in 1935 with 18" stone quarried from a nearby ranch and was completed in 1937. This building housed the Volunteer Fire Department downstairs and City Hall upstairs until the 1970's. As of 2017 "the walls are solid and still standing but interior walls, floors, and roof are in great disrepair." The building was demolished on August 19, 2020.

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) completed construction of the former National Guard Armory in Falls City, Nebraska. "edicated on December 11, 1936. It was converted in 1972 to a City Hall and is currently the Falls City fire station."

The federal Works Progress Administration worked to conduct repairs and alterations to several civic buildings in Queens as part of a $300,464 project begun in 1935. Buildings improved included the historic Flushing Town Hall on Northern Blvd., which at the time was serving as a local courthouse.

The New Albany City Hall was designed by Mississippi architect E. L. Malvaney, who designed many modernist buildings in the state. The two-story Art Deco style building (with Art Moderne characteristics) is a Mississippi State Landmark. Joan Embree, 1996, described it as "...rectangularly-massed, has a flat roof, concrete entry, walk, and stair to the first level." It was described as "...a monolithic concrete structure by E. L. Malvaney" in the Federal Writers Project. Art Moderne, a late form of Art Deco, was popular during the 1930s and forward. It often made use of concrete, was subdued in color, and had...

The Works Progress Administration built the City Hall and the Auditorium building in Gatesville, between 1935 and 1937.

The Granville Town Board voted in 1940 to build a new Town Hall in Granville Center that would house the town offices, an auditorium, and the fire department. Work Projects Administration (WPA) labor built the project. Construction began Oct. 23, 1941 and the building was dedicated Oct. 10, 1942. Its original address was W. Good Hope Rd. and N. Wauwatosa Ave. (renamed N. 76th St. after Milwaukee and Granville consolidated). The Granville Town Hall was assigned the address of 7717 W. Good Hope Rd., circa 1944. On April 3rd, 1956, the voters of the City of Milwaukee and Town of Granville (22 sq....

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the Casino and Muncipal Pier in Gulfport FL. The marker on site states that, "The U.S. Department of the Interior has listed the Gulfport Casino in the National Register of Historic Places. This is the third such Casino on this location. The first fell in the 1921 hurricane; the second came down in the early 1930s. Using funds from the Works Progress Administration's Civil Works Authority. Gulfport dedicated the Casino on December 1, 1935. A crowd of 1,200 people attended the dedication, which included a flag raising and a concert by the Florida Military Academy. Throughout...

Many of Hagerstown’s administrative offices are located in the Hagerstown City Hall.  According to a Maryland Historical Trust Inventory Form: “The Hagerstown City Hall is a Renaissance Revival style brick structure which was erected in 1939-1940 under the auspices of the federal government as a Public Works Administration project.”

At a cost of approximately $28,000, the Historic West Linn City Hall was completed in July 1936 with funds provided by both a Public Works Administration (PWA) grant and loan. Local voters approved a bond measure to reimburse the loan in 1936. The structure served as city hall from 1936 to 1999 when civic offices moved to their current location. Incorporated in 1913, West Linn waited thirteen years for construction of its first city hall. New Deal funding allowed the city to achieve its goal of a designated building for city business. Designed by the Portland architectural firm Claussen & Claussen...

Holland, New York's Town Hall was constructed by the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1937-38. The building is still in use today.

"The 1938 Holly City Hall held the town's police and fire departments, library, and a multi-use community room. The Holly City Hall served effectively for over sixty years as an important center of town life. The WPA used local labor and materials to construct the hall as a town sponsored project. The building typifies the simple but dignified WPA Modernist designs used for city hall and courthouse construction." (https://www.historycolorado.org/content/prowers-county) The building presently stands vacant.

What was the Hurricane Library/City Hall "was constructed in 1938-1940 as a Work Progress Administration (WPA) project. The WPA was one of several New Deal programs designed to stimulate economic recovery during the Great Depression while providing needed public services and facilities. Over 230 Public Works buildings were constructed in Utah approximately one half of them retain their architectural integrity. This building housed the city offices, library, police and Hurricane Canal Co. until the mid 1980s. The city then made it available to the Hurricane Valley Heritage Park Foundation to develop a museum. The structure is built chiefly of hand-hewn...

The Works Progress Administration built the Jasper City Hall, circa 1937. The exact location and condition of this facility is unknown to the Living New Deal.

The Kaysville City Hall was one of 226 New Deal buildings constructed in Utah. Of the 226, a total of five buildings were constructed in Davis County. The Kaysville City Hall is the only one of the five that is extant. In November of 1940, Kaysville Mayor Thornley K. Swan announced construction of a $55,000 city hall building. In 1941, a bond election was held. Part of the project ($20,000) was paid for by WPA funds. After the United States entered World War II, PWA labor was reassigned to the Hill Field project and WPA funds were eliminated. Construction was recommenced...

A historic marker at the Kenmore-Tonawanda Municipal Building reads: "Kenmore-Tonawanda Municipal Building Exemplifies the classical-monumental style of renowned architect E.B. Green. Erected in 1936 with ublic orks dministration funds to house the governing bodies of the Village of Kenmore and the Town of Tonawanda, replacing the former Kenmore Union School building on this site." PWA Docket No. NY 1156-R granted $111,866 toward the project's construction, which began April 1936 and was completed June 1937. The project cost $251,258 in all.

Originally the Kensington Armory. The WPA made improvements and repairs to the then Kensington armory and rifle range in 1935.

The Town Offices of Laurel, Delaware, were constructed with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA provided a $14,122 grant toward the $37,246 project. Construction on the project began December 1936 and was completed July 1937. PWA Docket No. DE 1017.

The federal Public Works Administration (PWA) approved the provision of funds for the construction of a town hall in Lewiston, Utah in 1934. The building, now the Lewiston Community Building, was constructed between Nov. 1934 and Aug. 1935. The PWA supplied a grant of $16,008 for the project, whose final cost was $56,173. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. (PWA Docket No. UT 1281)

The federal Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) conducted improvement work at the former Longfellow School (now town hall) in Millville, Massachusetts. Work included painting the exterior of the Longfellow School buildings, a project which "gave employment to 4 men for a period of eight weeks."

This school was constructed in part with funds provided by the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works in 1937, and bears the name of an important early town denizen. A well-constructed building, it has since been repurposed and, until recently, served as the Cape Girardeau City Hall and Municipal Court.  

The small, one-story, red-brick Colonial Revival building was constructed as Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works (later renamed the PWA) Project Miss. 1366-F. It is part of the Macon Historic District. Mississippi architects P. J. Krouse and L. L. Brasfield, from Meridian designed the building. It was constructed by Mississippi builder/contractor John L. McLemore of Meridian.  

The combination Fire Hall and City Hall in Mahnomen was built in 1937 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The structure was designed by George H. Carter and Company in WPA moderne style and built out of field stone hand-cut by WPA crews. It was listed in the National Register in 1988.

"Today, as the nation works its way out of a mighty recession, it seems natural to look back at the Depression-era origins of the old stone building in which the Mansfield Historical Society is housed. Construction began in late 1934 for the Mansfield Town Office Building.  The project was one of many sponsored by the Work Projects Administration (WPA) during the period.  A one-story colonial edifice with stone exterior and a fireproof vault within, the building was designed to provide a central place for carrying on town business and for safely housing important town records.  Meanwhile, however, the construction project gave much-needed work...

The Works Progress Administration built the Mansfield Town Hall in Mansfield CT, circa 1937. The exact location and condition of this facility are unknown to the Living New Deal.

"One of only 27 municipal buildings constructed by the WPA in Oklahoma... The old town hall of Meeker is located at 115 N. Fowler, a half-block off the main street. This is a one-story rectangular, native sandstone building, which is currently a private residence. The west-facing facade has a centered, 12-pane door, flanked by two deep-set window openings. One has a pair of metal-framed 6-over-6 windows, while the other has a single window and a partial infilling. The gable roof currently is covered with metal siding. A cloth awning has been added to the facade. This town hall is 29' x...

The stately Memorial Building in Jackson, Ohio was constructed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1936.

Multiple New Deal agencies: the C.W.A., F.E.R.A, and W.P.A. funded labor for the improvement of Framingham's Memorial Building. The C.W.A. painted the offices and corridors of the Memorial Building in 1933. "The improvement in the looks of the building is marked," town officials wrote that year. Painting and varnishing continued in 1934. The W.P.A. relaid the floors at the banquet hall in Nevens Hall in 1938, while constructing new exits to conform with safety standards. (Additional painting took place this year as well.) The W.P.A. even constructed a wartime airplane-spotting Observation Post atop the building in 1942!

Oxford, Massachusetts's Memorial Hall (city hall) received assistance from the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) during the 1930s. The program provided labor for basement improvements and other repairs in 1935; other work was undertaken in 1938, 1939, and 1940.

A Public Works Administration (PWA) grant provided approximately forty-four percent of the cost of constructing Milwaukie's City Hall in 1938. The simple Moderne style structure included space for the city's fire department as well as meeting the city's need for administrative office space. The red brick building was designed by Portland architect Walter E. Kelly with embellishment primarily at the entrance. The rounded arch entrance is decorated with four pilasters above the arch that have cast stone capitals. A few Art Deco features such as brass light fixtures at the entry complete the facade. The contractor Joseph H. Anderson built the...

The WPA did extensive work on the building: rehabilitating, altering, and adding additional space. Redecorating the walls, ceilings, and Capitol dome. Repairing marble floors. Hundreds of windows weather-stripped. Expansion of the basement area via excavation, creating additional storage space. Improvement to heating system. Plumbing and wiring utilities modernized. Tunnel constructed, connecting Capitol to State Historical building. Two storage rooms added to library. Roof rebuilt. Landscaping. Sidewalks extended. Painting.

This stone building was a WPA project completed in 1937 as a schoolhouse. It was originally known as District #121, later known as the "Gunderson School" and rezoned as District #6. It is now used as the Moland Township Hall. The architects were two recent NDSU grads, Allen Carter and George Meineke.

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed the former Montville town hall building in Uncasville, Connecticut. The building, which was dedicated in January 1940, still houses municipal operations and is located near the present town hall, which is in the old school building nearby.

The historic Alliance Municipal Building was constructed between March 1936 and April 1937 with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA provided a $78,189 grant for the project, whose total cost was $178,625. PWA Docket No. NE 1079 In August 1935, the Alliance City Council took steps toward securing a new municipal building for Alliance. The council hired Omaha architectural firm John Latenser and Sons to draw plans for the new building, and encouraged the city to file an application with the Public Works Administration (PWA) for a free federal grant of $67,500.00 toward the building’s construction. A $100,000.00...

The historic Municipal Building for Blawnox, Pennsylvania was constructed between 1938 and 1939 with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $17,550 grant for the project, whose total cost was $38,722. PWA Docket No. PA W1695.

The Federal Emergency Relief Administration was associated with the construction of Centerville, South Dakota's municipal building. The building, whose exact location and status is presently unknown to Living New Deal, "housed the city hall, fire station, and jail in a small one-story, concrete and brick building."

The building was initially built as a municipal building, but it was first rented by the state of Kansas to the National Guard for use as an armory for the headquarters of the 1st Battalion of the 137th Infantry of the National Guard. Subsequent uses were as a skating rink, several retail stores, and office space for Chase County during the county courthouse renovation. Presently, the front of the building houses offices for the city of Cottonwood Falls as well as meeting space. The large space behind the offices has been used as the home of Prairie Past Times since...

"The building is part two stories and basement in height and has over-all dimensions in plan of 112 by 42 feet. It houses the municipal offices, the police and fire departments. There is space for the fire apparatus and a police-car garage, reading and billiard rooms for the firemen, police hearing room, detention cells, council chamber, offices for the borough secretary and tax collector, and a room for social gatherings. The construction is fire-resistant. The exterior walls are limestone backed up with hollow tile and the floors are reinforced concrete on steel joists. The volume of the building is 140,000 cubic feet....