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  • District of Columbia Courts, Building B - Washington DC
    Building B of the District of Columbia court complex was built in 1940 to house the district's Juvenile Court, with funds provided by the Public Works Administration (PWA).   It was part of a sweeping renovation of downtown DC in the late 1920s and 1930s, including the Judiciary Square area, with many new federal buildings built or completed under the New Deal. Building B of the court complex is visible in the aerial photograph behind the older,  columned Court of Appeals building in the center.   It has a pale green roof and sits just east of the open square. DC court building...
  • Domestic Relations Court Building (former) - New York NY
    The federal Public Works Administration provided a grant toward the construction of the Domestic Relations Court Building located at the northeast corner of Lexington Ave. and 22nd St. Built in 1939-1940, the building now houses Baruch College's Administrative Center and features a striking set of exterior reliefs above the first floor. The facility has also been referred to the "Second Children’s Court". GothamCenter: "The Children’s Court’s new home, built in 1912, was the first of two courthouses to be located on East 22nd Street between Lexington Avenue and Park Avenue South, a quiet residential block near Gramercy Park.  The second “Gramercy Park courthouse” was...
  • Dona Ana County Courthouse - Las Cruces NM
    "The WPA partially funded the construction of the Old Dona Ana County Courthouse (251 West Amador) a three story white adobe with exposed vigas and wooden balconies." -New Mexico the Off Road
  • Dunklin County Courthouse - Kennett MO
    The WPA constructed this two story brick-faced courthouse in 1939. It features rock accents and columns on the front façade, and multi-colored abstract decorative tiles adorn the entryways and windows. From the University of Missouri Extension Department of Community Development: In 1937 the courthouse was reported in dangerous condition. The dome had sunk several inches; ceiling joists were pulled completely out of the walls, and the Circuit Court room was in danger of collapsing. The Dunklin Democrat claimed it was the worst courthouse in southeast Missouri. The building was razed in 1937. Louis Miller's drawing was found in the cornerstone. For the...
  • East Carroll Parish Courthouse and Jail - Lake Providence LA
    The courthouse was undertaken in Lake Providence, Louisiana during the Great Depression with the assistance of funds from the Public Works Administration (PWA). The building was erected for a cost of $100, 589 (Leighninger, 2007).
  • Eddy County Courthouse Expansion - Carlsbad NM
    Sometimes mis-attributed to the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the Public Works Administration provided funding for the expansion of the Eddy County Courthouse and jail in 1939. Treasures on New Mexico Trails: "Eddy County Courthouse was begun in 1891, with additions in 1914 and 1939. The 1939 addition was done by the WPA for $185,000." Eddy County History: "Eddy County was named for Charles B. Eddy, a rancher in southeastern New Mexico during the last decades of the 19th century. ... The original courthouse built a few years after the creation of the county was a Victorian structure built for $21,000 with a...
  • Edmunds County Courthouse - Ipswich SD
    "There were nine PWA-financed courthouses constructed in South Dakota during the Depression era. Although designs were not standardized, most were three or four story buildings designed in variations of the Moderne styles. Building materials and finishes included brick, stone, concrete, terra cotta, terrazzo floors, marble, wood, steel casement windows, and cast metal ornamentation. Most courthouses from this era are distinguished by their massing and form. Typically larger, block-like buildings on elevated bases, courthouses usually display symmetry with a central entrance and uniformly placed window bays. Detailed surrounds and/or projecting bays often emphasize the central entrance. Interior character-defining features generally include large...
  • Ellis County Courthouse - Hays KS
    The Works Progress Administration built the Ellis County Courthouse in Hays KS. The Moderne courthouse is constructed of yellow brick. The courthouse is still in use. Mann & Co. was the architect of record. 
  • Emery County Courthouse - Castle Dale UT
    The historic Emery County Courthouse building in Castle Dale, Utah was constructed as a New Deal project with Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. Works Progress Administration (WPA) labor also contributed to the project. The building continues to house governmental functions. "With the assurance of a PWA grant providing 45 percent of the building's $60,000 cost, county voters approved bonding in August 1938. construction began later that year, and building was occupied in August 1939."
  • Emmons County Courthouse - Linton ND
    "Emmons County Courthouse in Linton, North Dakota was built in 1934. It is notable for being the first Works Progress Administration project granted in the state. Seven courthouses in the state were completed as part of this program. The Emmons County Courthouse is also one of eight Art Deco courthouses in North Dakota. The Courthouse was entered into the National Register of Historic Places 1985-11-14."
  • Erie County Courthouse Renovation - Sandusky OH
    The historic Erie County Courthouse building in Sandusky, Ohio was extensively renovated with federal Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) funds between 1936 and 1939. The P.W.A. allotted $141,095 for the project, which resulted in the near-complete restyling of the 1878 Erie County Courthouse. "The style used during the remodeling was the Art Deco style popular during that era. The smooth stone facade no longer projects at the corners, but still contains a central projection. The roof is flat and is still topped by a central tower, but much of the original decoration was stripped away. The tower is capped by a...
  • Falls County Courthouse - Marlin TX
    Excerpts from the state historical marker read: "Work began on a fifth Falls County courthouse in 1938. A county bond issue for $130,000 was matched with a 45% Public Works Administration grant in 1938. The cornerstone was leveled by the Grand Lodge of Texas, A. F. & A. M., on July 4, 1939, and the building was completed by December. . . The courthouse was designed in the Art Moderne style by architect Arthur E. Thomas of Dallas, and was constructed by San Antonio contractors Hill and Combs. . .The 1939 Falls County courthouse continues to serve as the center of...
  • Family Court Building (demolished) Improvements - Brooklyn NY
    The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) undertook a sizable public building improvement project in Brooklyn, New York beginning in 1935.  The project involved the "Improvement of Public Buildings and Offices" at more than 30 locations, including the no-longer-extant Family Court building at 327 Schermerhorn St.
  • Federal Hall (Old Federal Building) - Terre Haute IN
    Terre Haute's historic U.S. Post Office and Court House was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds and completed in 1935. The building has been remodeled by Indiana State University; currently known as Federal Hall, the building houses the Scott School of Business as well as administrative functions.
  • Ferry County Courthouse - Republic WA
    The federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds provided funding for the construction of the Ferry County Courthouse in Republic, Washington. Construction occurred between 1936 and 1937. The PWA provided a grant of $22,166; the total cost of the project was $49,283.
  • Fountain County Courthouse - Covington IN
    "This building, in addition to housing the county court and its officers, provides space for the county clerk, treasurer, welfare department, county nurses, agricultural department, school departments, record storage, and for certain bodies of the Federal Government. It is a fireproof structure throughout and the exterior walls are limestone from nearby quarries. A limited amount of decorative stone carving is used on the outside, and the foyers and corridors of the first and second floors are decorated with mural paintings. The building was completed in July 1936. It has a volume of about 500,000 cubic feet. The construction cost was $228,822 and...
  • Franklin County Courthouse - Preston ID
    The Public Works Administration (PWA) funded the construction of a new courthouse for Franklin County in Preston, Idaho, in 1939. The Franklin County Courthouse is a fine example of late Moderne architecture, a clean white cube with bas-relief columns and otherwise minimal exterior decoration.
  • Franklin County Courthouse - Winchester TN
    The Franklin County Courthouse was undertaken during the Great Depression in Winchester, Tennessee with the assistance of funds provided by the Public Works Administration (PWA). The courthouse was constructed in a PWA Moderne style with "classical pilasters and low relief Art Deco details on exterior and interior" (Van West, 2001, p. 37). The three story building is limestone veneer and "notable for its central clock tower--the only New Deal courthouse in Tennessee to have such a feature" (Van West, p. 37). PWA funded $42,000 of the cost, and a $100,000 local bond issue provided the remainder.
  • Gallatin County Courthouse - Bozeman MT
    Jim Jenks writes: "Designed in the Moderne style" popular at the time, "Gallatin County's 1936 courthouse at 311 West Main Street was one of several federally financed projects that brought jobs and civic improvements to Bozeman during the Great Depression." The author notes that the WPA underwrote both the construction of the new county courthouse as well as the demolition of its predecessor. The building is still utilized by Gallatin County today. A 1939 survey of PWA works described the building as follows: "This building is three stories and a basement in height and is 85 by 110 feet in plan.  The courtroom...
  • Gallatin County Courthouse - Shawneetown IL
    According to the Illinois Office of the Governor, WPA crews built the new Shawneetown courthouse in 1938 after the flood of 1937 forced the original town to be relocated.
  • Garfield County Courthouse - Enid OK
    This PWA courthouse was built from 1934-1936. A 1939 survey of PWA works described the site: "This new four-story and basement structure, with a partial fifth story, replaces an old courthouse which was destroyed by fire. The basement contains offices for the justice of the peace, an assembly room, ladies' parlor, and the necessary utility rooms. The first floor is occupied by the offices of the county treasurer, clerk, assessor, recorder, county engineer, auditor, and superintendent of schools. The district and county courtrooms, with offices for the judges, reporter, and attorneys, are on the second floor. The third floor contains the jury...
  • Gates Avenue Court Building (former) Improvements - Brooklyn NY
    The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) undertook a sizable public building improvement project in Brooklyn, New York beginning in 1935.  The project involved the "Improvement of Public Buildings and Offices" at more than 30 locations, including the old Gates Avenue Court Building.
  • Gem County Courthouse - Emmett ID
    This art deco courthouse in Gem county Idaho was built by the PWA in 1938-39. Architect Frank Hummel designed the building. A National Register of Historic Places report describes the courthouse design: "The Gem and Washington county buildings use the bas relief ornament typical of Art Deco in a highly classical fashion. In them the vertical pier of Art Deco becomes a shallow pilaster with a stylized capital."
  • Gilchrist County Courthouse - Trenton FL
    "The Gilchrist County Courthouse is an historic two-story red brick courthouse building located at 112 South Main Street in Trenton, Gilchrist County, Florida. It was designed by the Jacksonville firm of Smith, Holborn, and Dozier and was built in 1933 by the Works Progress Administration. Although a very plain building, it does have "decorative corbeled courses, arched window opening with drip courses, triple arched entry porch." with four sets of double columns. In 1965 it was remodeled and expanded with one-story utilitarian additions. In 1989, the Gilchrist County Courthouse was listed in A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture,...
  • Gillespie County Courthouse - Fredericksburg TX
    Built in the Moderne style, the Gillespie County Courthouse was completed in July 1939. There is a plaque just inside the front door that attributes the construction to the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works. Construction began on the courthouse in September 1938 after an election in August approved the issuance of bonds for the project. The federal government would contribute $65,450 to the construction of the building; this represented approximately 45% of the cost of the building.
  • Glacier County Courthouse - Cut Bank MT
    The Glacier County Courthouse in Cut Bank, Montana was constructed with WPA assistance in 1938.
  • Gosper County Courthouse - Elwood NE
    The historic Holt County Courthouse in O'Neill, Nebraska was constructed with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA provided a $34,363 grant for the project, whose total cost was $70,086. Construction occurred between September 1938 and December 1939. PWA Docket No. NE 1196.
  • Graham County Courthouse - Robbinsville NC
    The Graham County Courthouse was constructed as a WPA project between 1940 and 1942. According to the National Register of Historic Places, it was designed by the Knoxville architecture firm of Barber and McMurry, and built with stone quarried from just two miles away.
  • Grand County Administration Building - Hot Sulphur Springs CO
    The Public Works Administration (PWA) lent Grand County $33,750 to help build a new county courthouse in Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado, in 1937-38—now the Grant County Administration Building. The project's total cost was $75,733. (PWA Docket No. CO 1060-R.) The Grand County Courthouse, designed by Robert Fuller, is a good example of the Classical Moderne style popular at the time. The exterior of the two-story structure is clad in yellow brick. The central section is slightly elevated and projected forward, with suggestions of flanking columns, and the two wings have four rows of windows. An annex was added to the courthouse in...
  • Grand County Courthouse - Moab UT
    The Grand County courthouse was completed in June 1937 and dedicated on July 2.  It cost $60,000, with half the money coming from the Public Works Administration (PWA) and half from local bonds (Firmage, p. 289).  It is still in use as a courthouse.  
  • Grant County Courthouse - Williamstown KY
    "The county commissioners of Grant County secured a grant from the PWA which enabled them to construct this new courthouse to replace an old and outgrown structure. The new building is 2 stories, a partial third story, and a basement in height and 98 by 60 feet in plan. Offices for the county engineer, county agent, and social security are in the basement. The various county departments are on the first floor. The second floor is occupied by a courtroom together with jury and witness rooms. The partial third story is entirely given over to the jail which...
  • Grayson County Courthouse - Sherman TX
    "Contracts were awarded on December 15, 1934, for the construction of the Grayson County Courthouse. It is a four story and basement building, 140 by 87 feet in plan, and contains on the first floor an assembly room, the tax department, county clerk, auditor, sheriff, the county courtroom, judge's chambers, and a jury room. On the second floor are two large district courtrooms, offices for the district judge and court reporter, and jury rooms. The third floor contains the upper parts of the courtrooms and jury dormitories, while the top floor is entirely occupied by the jail which is arranged...
  • Greenbrier County Courthouse Additions - Lewisburg WV
    The WPA constructed new wings on either side of this existing courthouse in 1939.
  • Greene County Courthouse - Snow Hill NC
    "The new courthouse at Snow Hill is three stories and a basement in height, 95 by 45 feet in plan, and replaces an obsolete structure built in 1876. The basement provides two offices in addition to the necessary service rooms; the first floor houses all of the county officials; on the second floor are the courtroom and jury rooms; and the third floor is given up entirely to the jail which can house 24 prisoners. The building is fireproof throughout, the exterior walls being faced with brick, trimmed with stone. It was completed in January 1936 at a...
  • Greenup County Courthouse - Greenup KY
    The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed Greenup County Courthouse in Greenup, Kentucky. The building, which was completed in 1938, is still in service.
  • Grimes County Courthouse Improvements - Anderson TX
    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) remodeled the Grimes County Courthouse in Anderson, Texas, in 1940. WPA crews installed a tile roof, cleaned and painted the building facade, installed tile floors, built outside stairs, plastered the interior walls, and landscaped the grounds.
  • Guadalupe County Courthouse - Seguin TX
    The 1935 Guadalupe County Courthouse is the third courthouse for Guadalupe County. The Public Works Administration funded building was designed by L.M. Wirtz in the Moderne architectural style and is constructed of concrete, steel and smooth sandstone.
  • Hall County Courthouse - Gainesville GA
    After the Hall County Courthouse in Gainesville, GA, was destroyed by a tornado on April 6, 1936, the PWA dedicated funds toward its reconstruction. A "marker and bronze tablet honoring President Roosevelt and commemorating Disaster Relief aid by the Federal Government." The courthouse is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
  • Hamilton County Courthouse - McLeansboro IL
    The Public Works Administration (PWA) provided the funds to build the Hamilton County Courthouse in 1938. The structure was designed in Art Deco/Moderne style by architect William McCoy, who was well-known in central Illinois at the time. Wikipedia makes the common mistake of confounding the PWA and the WPA.
  • Hamilton County Courthouse - Syracuse KS
    Designed by Overend and Boucher of Wichita, the historic Hamilton County Courthouse in Syracuse, Kansas was constructed in 1937 as a Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works (a.k.a. Public Works Administration—PWA) project, one of several P.W.A. county courthouses in Kansas. The P.W.A. supplied a $29,250 grant for the project, whose total cost was $65,007. Courthouses.co: "The building faces west and is a rectangular two story buff colored brick and concrete structure. On the west front is white colored stone trim with trim around the entrance." P.W.A. Docket No. Kansas 1258-D
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