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  • Sims College (USC) - Columbia SC
    Sims College, a dormitory building on the University of South Carolina campus in Columbia, SC, was constructed in 1939, "part of the extensive building program launched on the campus in the late 1930s as part of the New Deal. Forty-five percent of the cost was paid by a Public Works Administration grant." (USC) The building is located a couple hundred feet south of Greene St. between Bull St. and Pickens St.
  • Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania - Slippery Rock PA
    Then known as the State Teachers College, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania benefited during the Great Depression from a large construction project enabled by the federal Public Works Administration (PWA). The PWA provided a $372,222 grant for the project, whose final cost was $1,123,981. Construction occurred between December 1937 and July 1939. (PWA Docket No. 1828.) Six buildings were constructed on the campus, including a science library. The present status of these structures is unknown to Living New Deal. The buildings were constructed as part of a multi-million dollar program to improve Pennsylvania’s teachers colleges. The General State Authority approved $842,000 in funding...
  • Sloan College (USC) Improvements - Columbia SC
    Sloan College, a building on the University of South Carolina campus in Columbia, South Carolina, presently houses the school's Department of Art. The building was improved with New Deal funds. The school's building history page states: "In 1934 a Civil Works Administration grant paid for repairs to LeConte, Davis, Sloan, Rutledge, and DeSaussure colleges and other buildings." Sloan College is located northeast of Gibbes Green off Pickens St.
  • South Arkansas Community College Gym - El Dorado AR
    The gym was built by the Works Progress Administration in 1940 for use by the local high school and El Dorado Junior College which shared the building. The gym remains in use today on what is now the South Arkansas Community College campus.
  • Southern Arkansas University Buildings - Magnolia AR
    "The Cross and Nelson Hall Historic District, located on the campus of Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia, Columbia County, is being nominated to the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion A for its association with the Public Works Administration’s work in Columbia County, a social works project of the 1930s.  Cross and Nelson Halls were one of two PWA-built projects in Magnolia, and the most intact remaining project constructed by the PWA.  As a result, the buildings best exemplify the PWA’s work in Magnolia during the 1930s.  It is also being nominated under the multiple property listing “An Ambition to...
  • Southwestern Oklahoma State University - Weatherford OK
    “Southwestern State Teachers College, now Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, received several WPA projects, including this building still used for classrooms.”
  • Southwestern Oklahoma State University: Chapel - Weatherford OK
    The Works Progress Administration built the chapel at the Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford OK. Contributor note: "This WPA constructed chapel is located on N. State Street, south of the Old Science Building. This is a one-story native sandstone building with a steep gabled roof. The centered entrance is recessed beneath a cross gable, and is flanked by a set of double 6-over-6 double hung windows. The window placement is identical at the rear. A second entrance is located on the south side of the chapel. A large exterior stone chimney is located on the north side. A WPA bronze shield is mounted...
  • Southwestern Oklahoma State University: Milam Stadium Field House - Weatherford OK
    The Works Progress Administration built the Milam Stadium Field House at the Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford OK. Contributor note: "The Fieldhouse is a one-story native sandstone building located just outside of the southeast entrance to the field. The small brick addition on the east side was added later. The fixed pane windows have stone sills, and a continuous three-row stone belt course above. The building was constructed by the WPA in 1941-2."
  • Southwestern Oklahoma State University: Milam Stadium Grandstands - Weatherford OK
    The Works Progress Administration built the Milam Stadium grandstands at the Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, in 1935. Contributor note: "The Milam Stadium grandstands at Southwestern Oklahoma State University were built by the WPA in 1935. The grandstands are concrete with steel girders, and seat 8600 fans. The stadium is located on the west side of the campus on North 7th Street. The home team stands on the west side have a two-story announcer's booth also built of concrete. The grandstands were completed in 1935, and the stadium is named for former football coach Joe Milam who coached at SWOSU from 1926-1936." "
  • Southwestern Oklahoma State University: Recreation Building - Weatherford OK
    The Works Progress Administration built the recreation building at the Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford OK. Contributor note: "Once part of the university campus, this building is currently owned and used by the Weatherford Public School System. This is a native sandstone building constructed by the WPA in 1938. The front elevation, facing east on Broadway is one-story, and the rear (west side) is two stories. The windows are double hung, 3-over-2 and 2-over-2, with the lower level at the rear having boarded up windows. On the south side of the building, an exterior staircase leads to the front, between the building and a...
  • Southwestern Oklahoma State University: Shops and Recreation Building (former) - Weatherford OK
    The Works Progress Administration built the Shops and Recreation Building for the Southwestern Oklahoma State University. Today the building serves as the Weatherford Public School Maintenance Building. Contributor note: "Located south of the State University, this building was once part of that campus. This building was originally pat of the university and was known as Southwest State Shops and Recreation Building. It is located on N. Broadway, across from the Weatherford Public Schools, and is currently used by that school system as a maintenance building. This is a native stone building which is one-story on the east elevation (front), and two-stories on the west...
  • Southwestern University, Cody Memorial Library - Georgetown TX
    The combined efforts of Southwestern University and the Georgetown City Council secured the funds to build the Cody Memorial Library. Congressman Lyndon B. Johnson helped Southwestern and the City through the maze of federal agencies to get a grant from the Public Works Administration. The three story building was completed at a cost of approximately $81,000. The building remains intact and well preserved and is the permanent home for the Senator John G. Tower Papers.
  • Sparks Building Addition (PSU) - State College PA
    An addition to Pennsylvania State University's Sparks Building was constructed during the Great Depression as part of a massive construction project enabled by the federal Public Works Administration (PWA). The building is still in use today.
  • St. Petersburg College: Administration Building - St. Petersburg FL
    St. Petersburg College was formerly known of St. Petersburg Junior College. It was established in 1927. The WPA built the school's first permanent structure: "The first permanent new building — housing classrooms, offices, the library and an auditorium named for Captain Lynch — was erected at what is now the corner of Fifth Avenue N and 66th Street. Built with WPA labor, it cost $91,000; equipment worth about $100,000 was transferred from the old building, mostly during the December 1941 holiday break. The new building and its contents were valued at a quarter of a million dollars. The first classes were...
  • Stafford Hall (WTAMU) - Canyon TX
    WTAMU's Stafford Hall was constructed as a New Deal project during the 1930s. Construction was undertaken with the aid of Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) funds.
  • State Agricultural School (former) Athletic Field - Canton NY
    The Massena Observer wrote in 1938 that the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) helped to develop an athletic field at the old New York State Agricultural School in Canton, New York. The student body helped to spearhead the project by obtaining funds for the cost of materials. The institution now partly comprises SUNY Canton.
  • State School of Agriculture (former) Improvements - Delhi NY
    The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted improvement and construction work at what was then the State School of Agriculture in Delhi, New York. The Catskill Mountain News wrote: Improvements to the Delhi state school will include construction of a farm mechanics and shop building, poultry house, cattle barn and cottage. The milk house will be repaired and enlarged, and the exterior of the barn, administration building, shop and homemaking buildings and the interior of the administration building will be painted. The total cost of these improvements will be $42,216.95. The institution now partly comprises SUNY Delhi.
  • State University of New York Maritime College - Bronx NY
    The SUNY Maritime College is located on the Throgs Neck Peninsula in the Bronx. Researcher Frank da Cruz has compiled a brief history from multiple sources: "It started as the New York Nautical School in 1874 on a succession of ships moored at various locations in New York City's harbor and waterways. In 1929, it was renamed New York State Merchant Marine Academy, got a new ship, and moved to Brooklyn Navy Yard. The Throgs Neck peninsula had been home to US Army Fort Schuyler since just before the Civil War. The fort itself is the dark grey pentagon in photo, constructed...
  • Steidle Building Addition (PSU) - State College PA
    An addition to Pennsylvania State University's Steidle Building was constructed during the Great Depression as part of a massive construction project enabled by the federal Public Works Administration (PWA). The building is still in use today.
  • Stephens Hall, University of Missouri - Columbia MO
    Named after E. Sydney Stephens, the University of Missouri's Stephens Hall was constructed by the PWA in 1935-36. The building now houses the biochemistry department.
  • Stockwell Hall (University of Michigan) - Ann Arbor MI
    The University of Michigan's Stockwell Hall was constructed during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. "The building expansion plans of the University gained impetus in September 1938, when announcement was made of a grant by the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works (PWA), making possible a new $1,000,000 dormitory for women. The offer "in the amount of 45 per cent of the cost of the project upon completion …, but not to exceed in any event, the sum of $450,000," was formally accepted by the Regents on October 18, 1938 (R.P., 1936-39, p. 714). The...
  • Stoddard Hall (TWU) - Denton TX
    Stoddard Hall was constructed with federal Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) funds. "The first Stoddard Hall was the original state dormitory at TWU and was completed in 1908. The current building was completed in 1936 and now is home to the College of Professional Education."
  • Sul Ross State University - Alpine TX
    The campus of Sul Ross State University was greatly developed during the 1930s as a result of efforts on the part of several New Deal agencies, including the Public Works Administration (PWA), Works Progress Administration (WPA), Civil Works Administration (CWA) and Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA). Per the El Paso Herald-Post: A modern state institution of higher learning in the far-western "Big Bend of Texas,” Sul Ross State College faces its 20th anniversary in 1940 with a college plant and campus of first rank among state educational centers Opening of a new $150,000 PWA dormitory for women this year has brought...
  • Sul Ross State University: Kokernot Lodge Theater (former) - Alpine TX
    Among the numerous construction and improvement projects undertaken at Sul Ross State University during the Great Depression was the construction of the original outdoor theater at Kokernot Lodge by the Civil Works Administration (CWA). Per the El Paso Herald-Post: Earliest of relief projects on the campus ,a CWA program o 1934, and one of the most interesting in background is the outdoor theater at Kokernot Lodge, a park site presented to the college in 1929 by the: L. G. Kokernot heirs of Alpine. The stage is of native stone with seating capacity for 1200. It is flanked by dressing rooms and...
  • Sul Ross State University: Lawrence Hall - Alpine TX
    Sul Ross State University, named for former Texas Governor Lawrence Sullivan "Sul" Ross, was founded in 1917. The university built Lawrence Hall, also named after Sul Ross, in 1938 to be a dormitory for 116 female students. The Public Works Administration provided the university a loan of $83,000 and a grant of $67,900 for the construction of the building. In 1996, Lawrence Hall was converted for use as an academic facility, housing the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences. Per the El Paso Herald-Post in 1939: "On a sunny south slope the new dormitory commands a sweeping view of the rolling...
  • Sul Ross State University: Men's Dormitory and Band Home (demolished) - Alpine TX
    A men's dormitory was one of multiple residence projects constructed at Sul Ross State University as a result of New Deal efforts by way of the Public Works Administration (PWA). The PWA supplied a $36,000 loan and $15,886 grant for the project, whose total cost was $57,406. Construction began in May and ended in December 1935, though the dormitory opened in 1936. Per the El Paso Herald-Post: Men students in Sul Ross are provided with modern housing accommodations in the men’s residence hall completed as a PWA project in 1936 at a cost of $68,000. Like most of the buildings on the...
  • Sul Ross State University: Rock Cottages (demolished) - Alpine TX
    A series of 14 stone cottages, later known as the "rock cottages," was among the multiple residence projects constructed at Sul Ross State University as a result of New Deal efforts by way of the Public Works Administration (PWA). The cottages were built as part of a larger men's dormitory project that was the construction of a larger dormitory and band home. PWA supplied a $36,000 loan and $15,886 grant for the project, whose total cost was $57,406. Construction began in May and ended in December 1935. PWA Docket No. TX 5605. Per the El Paso Herald-Post: Built as a part of...
  • Sullivan Hall (LHU; demolished) - Lock Haven PA
    Lock Haven University's former Sullivan Hall was one of several facilities constructed during the late 1930s with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The building was demolished in 2015.
  • Swain Hall West (I.U.) - Bloomington IN
    The Physical Science Building (now Swain Hall West) houses Indiana University's Physics and Astronomy departments. Estimates for building construction began in 1938, and the building was completed in 1940 by the Federal Works Agency (FWA).
  • Sycamore Hall (UNT) - Denton TX
    The University of North Texas's Marquis Hall was constructed with federal Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) funds. "1936 was also the date when construction started on a new library building. The first library, now known as Curry Hall, had been opened in 1912. The new structure, currently known as Sycamore Hall, was located on Avenue B and opened in 1937. Government funds made it possible for construction to take place and in 1938 a grant from the Carnegie Corporation helped North Texas to purchase books." The building which was dedicated on April 27, 1937.
  • Technology Annex (UH) - Houston TX
    The University of Houston's old Industrial Building, now known as the Technology Annex, was constructed with the assistance of the Work Projects Administration, a New Deal agency. Houston, a history and guide: "Newest of the units is the INDUSTRIAL BUILDING (open workdays), north east of the central quadrangle. The first of a six-structure center planned for industrial training in a proposed north quadrangle, the one-story building harmonises in design with the other edifices and, like them, is finished in Texas limestone. Over-all dimensions are 310 feet by 150 feet. Following the industrial style, windows almost completely encircle the building. Its central facade...
  • Temple University: Sullivan Hall - Philadelphia PA
    Temple University's Sullivan Hall was originally built as the university library (Sullivan Memorial Library) during the Great Depression. Its construction was enabled by the federal Public Works Administration, which provided a $550,000 loan for the project (whose final cost was $555,334). Construction occurred between September 1934 and February 1936. (PWA Docket No. 1326.) "Sullivan Memorial Library (PWA Project 1326) opened in 1936 as Temple's first freestanding Library. It was built with a bequest from Thomas D. Sullivan, a local warehouse owner, and with federal funds from the New Deal Emergency Relief Act. During the Christmas holidays in 1935, books and equipment...
  • Tennessee State University Improvements - Nashville TN
    Tennessee State University was established in 1909 as Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial State College, a land-grant college.  It is the only state-funded historically Black college or university in Tennessee. The New Deal helped a great deal to  build up the Tennessee A & I College campus in the 1930s. Early in 1935, the college announced the opening of six new buildings on campus: Practice Hall, Administration and Health, Men’s Hall (East), Hale Hall, Wilson Hall, and Science Hall (Harned). These were almost certainly funded by the New Deal's Public Works Administration (PWA).  It is hard to imagine the college having the...
  • Terrill Hall (UNT) - Denton TX
    The University of North Texas's Chilton Hall was constructed with federal Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) funds. The P.W.A. provided roughly $209,000 for the construction of it and Chilton Hall. "UNT received PWA grants for two more dorms, one for men and one for women in 1938. The women’s dorm was named Terrill Hall, after the third president, and last president of the private normal, Menter B. Terrill. It was located between Sycamore and Mulberry Streets. The dorm had no cafeteria, residents crossed the street to take their meals at Marquis Hall."
  • Texas A&M University, Commerce: Henderson Hall - Commerce TX
    Thanks to a Federal grant from the Public Works Administration of $108,000 awarded in 1938, East Texas State Teachers College (now Texas A&M University–Commerce) was able to build the East Dormitory for Girls (now Henderson Hall). Henderson Hall is now houses the School of Social Work, the Department of Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education, student health services and the university police.
  • Texas A&M University, Commerce: Mayo Hall (demolished) - Commerce TX
    In 1934, East Texas State Teachers College (now Texas A&M University–Commerce) requested $123,000 from the Public Works Administration (PWA) to build a dormitory for male students. A few months later, the PWA approved $106,000 for the project. The college added $10,000 and the groundbreaking occurred in July 1935. The dorm opened a year later. The university had the building demolished in February 2008.
  • Texas A&M University: Athletic Field Improvements - Kingsville TX
    In 1938, when it was still called Texas A&I College the WPA provided funds and workers to reconstruct bleachers and fence at the athletic field, construct dressing rooms, pave campus drives and beautify grounds. Texas A&M University-Kingsville grew out of the teacher college or "normal school" movement that swept Texas and the nation in the early 1900s. Chartered in 1917 but not opened until 1925 because of America's entry into World War I, the University is the oldest continuously operating public institution of higher learning in South Texas. Shortly after beginning life as South Texas State Teachers College, its role was...
  • Texas State University, Jessie A. Sayers Hall - San Marcos TX
    The three-story brick dormitory was named in honor of Miss Jessie A Sayers, who was a member of the original faculty of Southwest Texas State Normal School, as the university was first named. Under influence from alumnus Congressman Lyndon B. Johnson, the Public Works Administration provided a loan of $98,000 and a grant of $28,000 to fund the construction of the dormitory. The University demolished Sayers Hall and the Academic Services Building now stands in its place. The University also constructed a new residence hall that opened in 2014 and named it Sayers Hall.
  • Texas Tech University: Doak Hall - Lubbock TX
    The Public Works Administration allotted $650,000 to Texas Tech University to build two dormitories, one for men and one for women. $125,000 was a grant and $445,000 was a loan to be paid back over 30 years at 4% interest. Women's Dormitory No.1 (later named Doak Hall in honor of Mary W. Doak, Texas Tech's first Dean of Women) was built in 1934 based on the design of architect Wyatt C. Hedrick and cost $313,168. Doak Hall housed women until 1943. Men were housed in Doak from 1943 through the 1957-1958 academic years. Later on women were again housed in Doak...
  • Texas Tech University: West Hall - Lubbock TX
    The Public Works Administration allotted $650,000 to Texas Tech University to build two dormitories, one for men and one for women. $125,000 was a grant and $445,000 was a loan to be paid back over 30 years at 4% interest. Men's Dormitory No.1 was built in 1934 based on the design of architect Wyatt C. Hedrick and cost $326,713. The university renamed the building to J. M. West Hall in 1941. Originally housing up to 300 students, West Hall is now an administrative building housing a visitor's center, undergraduate admissions offices, registrar's office, student business services and the scholarship and financial...
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