Education and Health Sites

Hopkins County Hospital was built in 1937-38 with Work Progress Administration Funds and private citizen contributions. Originally, it was built to house 54 beds as a private, non-profit medical facility.

In 1939, the PWA built this well-maintained 2-story school with a brick façade and concrete elements. It is currently home to the North Nodaway High School.

In 1940 the Federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) helped finance the expansion of Horace Mann Elementary School. The WPA-additions included a classroom and an auditorium. A report that ran in The Oklahoman on October 13, 1940 notes that in the process of constructing the additions, laborers first demolished the 1907 foundation that had been left when newer Horace Mann Elementary was built in 1927. Hamquilter's Waymarking web page for Horace Mann Elementary describes the additions as follows: "As was common under the WPA, an addition (in this case, a classroom/auditorium addition), was constructed in 1940, perpendicular to the original school. As is the school, this...

The Works Progress Administration built the Horace Mann School in 1939 under project number 665-66-2-48. The brick building had seven rooms and an auditorium when built. Grades 1-12 attended there until around 1949 when grades 9-12 were bussed to Palestine High School. Grades 1-8 continued to attend there. When Neches schools integrated in 1965, Horace Mann was vacated and all students, white and black, attended Clemmons (a previous all black school). Around 1980, the building was reopened for grades K-5. A new elementary/junior high school was built in 2009, and the Horace Mann School building was demolished in 2011. A paved parking...

"The Horace Mann School Historic District contains four contributing buildings and no non-contributing buildings all sited on roughly two acres of land in Norfork, Baxter County, Arkansas.  The City of Norfork now owns the buildings, and the complex was closed for use as a school in the mid-1980s.  The 1936 Main School Building, 1937 Home Economics Building and Agricultural Vocational Education Building, and circa 1940 Gymnasium are all wonderful examples of Works Progress Administration (W. P. A.) and National Youth Administration (N. Y. A.)-built school in Arkansas. Minor alterations have occurred to the 1936 main building and circa 1940 gymnasium;...

The October 3, 1938 edition of the Daily Pacific Builder reported that $151,291 in PWA funds had been allotted for the Horace Mann gym and cafeteria.

The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted improvement work on all school buildings in the city of Bayonne ca. 1939. Work on the Horace Mann School building included "painting, repairing, and general improvement work."

The Works Progress Administration completed improvements for the Hornitos School. The work included the following tasks: "Brace building underpinning, etc., on property of Hornitos School District." WPA Proj. No. 65-3-3768, December 27, 1935, $2,027 Built in the 1860s to service a population of 15,000 during the height of the gold rush, the building was replaced with a newer cinder block building in 1980. It was eventually shut down 9 years later due to population decline.

Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) workers constructed an infirmary in Chicopee, Massachusetts. From a W.P.A. Bulletin: One hundred and fifty-two patients will be accommodated in the new Chicopee WPA City Infirmary Project now under construction. Plans include a two-story central building with one story wings on either side and the building of a two-story cottage for the hospital superintendent. The location and status of the facility is unknown to Living New Deal.

Architects N. W. Overstreet and A. H. Town designed the new Cleveland Hospital, constructed 1938-1939 with assistance from Works Progress Administration funds. The new hospital could serve 32 patients, and housed nurses' quarters and contained "the most modern equipment" (Solicit funds, p. 8). WPA allotted $3,190 in funds toward the completion cost of $55,000 sponsored by the city of Cleveland. A portion of the hospital was renovated in 1991 as part of the new Delta State School of Nursing. The remainder was demolished 1995.

The Haskell County Hospital in Haskell, Texas, was constructed with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. Hospital Near Completion HASKELL, May 13. - To be completed by June 1 Is the Haskell county hospital. It will have cost approximately $93.000. of which $50,000 was voted in bonds and the remainder was a PWA grant. This hospital will be the realization of efforts of several years. It will serve Haskell, Rule, Rochester and Weinert, as well as all the rural communities. Heretofore, it has been necessary to go out of the for hospitalization. A county board of directors will direct the hospital,...

The Public Works Administration funded the construction of a new hospital in New Martinsville. The exact location and condition of this structure are unknown to the Living New Deal.

The Public Works Administration funded the construction of a new hospital with modern facilities in Parkersburg. The exact location and condition of this structure are unknown to the Living New Deal.

Grants from the Federal Government helped build healthcare facilities across the island. “The outstanding achievement in the field of public-health this year was the extension, after twelve years of endeavor, of health services to every municipality in the Island. Twenty-four new buildings, made possible by grants from the Federal Government, have been completed and occupied by health units in twenty-three municipalities. These buildings have not only improved conditions under which the work is done but will mean a substantial saving in rentals, which may now he used for further expansion of the service. Four District General Hospitals, with a capacity of...

A since-demolished hospital at what was then North Texas State College received an addition constructed with federal Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) funds. The P.W.A. provided $11,000 for the project, which was dedicated on April 27, 1937. The location was the northwest corner of what are now Union Cir. with S. Welch St. .

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built a hospital for the town of Lindsay CA.   The opening ceremony took place in 1941. The hospital closed in 1990 and the city contracted its medical services to Sierra View Hospital District in Porterville. The Lindsay Hospital District webpage explains: "Years ago the residents wanted to provide funding for a hospital for the Lindsay area. After the District was formed, the Lindsay District Hospital was established. It was a separate business entity assisted by District funding. Over the years, as costs and overhead increased more and more, the hospital became unable to operate even with the...

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) provided labor to undertake numerous municipal improvements in Amherst, Ohio, among which was painting the community's historic hospital building. Living New Deal believes it to be located at 254 Cleveland Ave., also the site of the current hospital.

A 2-story rear annex was constructed for the Greenwood Leflore Hospital as project W1134. A $15,827 grant was awarded Dec. 14, 1935 toward an estimated cost of $35,171. Construction began Feb. 2, 1936 and was completed Sep. 3, 1936. Construction was by M. T. Reed Construction of Belzoni and R. J. Moor was architect.

The Public Works Administration funded the construction of a hospital building for the Denver Hospital in Denver CO. The new building was named Samuel D. Nichols and was completed circa 1940. The current location and condition of this facility are unknown to the Living New Deal.

Housatonic Valley High School was constructed as a Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) project. Hidden Nearby blog: "Prior to 1939, the six towns that currently comprise Regional School District #1 – Canaan, Cornwall, Kent, North Canaan, Salisbury, and Sharon – each had their own high school.  The cost of providing secondary education in such small towns, especially in the midst of the Great Depression, was becoming increasingly problematic.  In 1935, to reduce these costs and to provide a broader array of academic and extracurricular activities, William Teague (the state-appointed supervisor of rural education) proposed a consolidated high school for the six towns....

On February 26, 1936, the Quay County Board of Education prepared a WPA project proposal to build a four-room school in House, a remote dry farming settlement on the Caprock, approximately 40 miles south of Tucumcari, the county seat. The building was to be constructed of adobe on a masonry foundation with plaster walls “inside and outside” (WPA OP 65-85-1480). The Board estimated the federal share of the construction to be $5,955.56, of which employment unskilled labor would be the highest cost (26%) of the project. In 1941, near the end of the New Deal, the Quay County Board of Education would again...

"The original tenement "House in the Woods" burned down and the second "House in the Woods" was built in 1939 by Franklin Delano Roosevelt's WPA. The new "House in the Woods" was made of logs with two large open fireplaces." "When the "House in the Woods" was removed in 1968 it was situated near the Farber Health Center. It was torn down unsentimentally to make room for Langdale..."

The Public Works Administration funded the construction of the historic Houston County High School in Columbia.

Denison benefited from three PWA school projects in the city at one time, including this Houston school, as well as a school for African Americans, and the "foundation for the high school annex."

Texas Woman University's original Houston Hall was constructed with federal Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) funds ca. 1936-7. The building is since demolished; a building in the newer Lowry Woods Apartments complex on campus has also been given the name Houston Hall.

Construction of the Hovde Hall of Administration was enabled by Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) funds in the form of a $151,875 grant. The total project cost was $372,577. Construction occurred between Dec. 1935 and Jan. 1937. PWA Docket No. IN 1001

Howard No. 2 School, WP-50 was started Sept 25, 1935 and completed March 4, 1936. The project expended $2924.25 federal funds, $1100 sponsor funds. Workers included 20 laborers, 3 carpenters, 3 painters, 2 plasterers, a brickmason, timekeeper and superintendent. The project included the addition of three new rooms to the 1928 school, painting all outside windows, doors, sashes and exterior brickwork. Interior work included plastering, painting inside window stools and baseboards, flooring, and installation of radiators. Repairs to the cafeteria were made and the playgrounds were improved. The building is no longer extant, having burned in early 2000s.

Built as an elementary school. When multiple rural districts merged to create Avoca Central School, part of the negotiated agreement required a new grade school in Howard. The Howard Grade School was built as part of the project whose main purpose was creating the central school. The Public Works Administration supported the overall project with a $99,000 grant. The former Howard School is now in private hands, and used for business purposes. The building is located on the west side of County Road 70, just south of the Southern Tier Expressway.

Public Works Administration (PWA)  provided funding for several buildings on the campus of Howard University.  According to records kept by the university Board of Trustees, the PWA awarded $1,018,811 for a chemistry building; $800,000 for a library building; and $460,000 for an education classroom building. Board records note an additional appropriation of $120,000 for two wings of Cook Hall, a men's dormitory. (Logan 1969) The exact dates of the PWA grants is unknown to us. We believe that the 'education classroom building' is, in fact, Mines Teachers College (shown below); confirmation is needed, however. The Works Progress Administration (WPA) also carried out...

The Public Works Administration (PWA) provided $1,018,811 for a chemistry building at Howard University.  It was one of four buildings funded by PWA on the campus, including the Founders Library, built c. 1937-38. The chemistry building was built in brick Georgian style, with limestone trim. It was almost surely designed by Albert I. Cassell, an African American architect who did several of the buildings at Howard.  It still serves as the home of the Department of Chemistry.  

The Public Works Administration (PWA) provided $120,000 for two wings of a men's dormitory at Howard University, presently called George Cook Hall.  The full cost of the project is unknown to us, but it appears that the two wings loom over a small central part of the complex -- which may well have been built as part of the first PWA grant for four buildings on campus.  This implies that the PWA funded the construction of Cook Hall. Cook Hall was built c. 1938.  The central portion is more Georgian in style, while the wings are very high modern: geometric, undecorated...

Founders Library, the centerpiece of Howard University campus, was built 1937-1938 with the aid of the Public Works Administration (PWA).  The official opening came in mid-1939.  The library stands on the site of the 19th century Old Main building, which previously housed most of the functions of the university. The Georgian-style edifice was designed by African-American architect Albert Cassell, who did several buildings on the Howard campus.  It recalls Independence Hall in Philadelphia.  The walls are red brick, the trim is limestone, and the roof is slate.  The clock tower soars 167 feet high and is topped by a golden spire. Congress...

Roof Cont: windows, rear brick chimney. Typical mid 20th cen library, completed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1939.

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the main part of the Huckabay High School. The two story, stone masonry construction building was built between 1938-1940. A plaque set on the front facade notes the construction dates and the involvement of the WPA.

WPA demolished five existing buildings and constructed a new one story, frame and stucco earthquake proof building for kindergarten purposes. It is not clear if the WPA also reconstructed the rest of the school, perhaps after 1939.

The Huff Memorial Library (otherwise known as the Old Teton County Library) was a constructed by the WPA in 1938-1940. "The single-story log building was built to replace a library in St. John's House, and was named after Dr. Charles Huff, a local physician. Additions were made in 1945, 1959 and 1970."  (Wikipedia.org)

The WPA improved the buildings and grounds at this school in the Angeles National Forest.

The federal Work Projects Administration worked to improve New Rochelle's, New York's former Huguenot Park Library (opened 1926) during the 1930s. The library, which was used as such until 1992. The building since reopened as a children's library. One WPA project, which involved numerous municipal buildings in New Rochelle including this one, was described by the WPA in its project rolls: "Work includes performing carpentry, masonry, and sheet metal work; excavating and constructing walls; painting, placing tile, and roofing." WPA Official Project No. 665-21-2-635.

Hullihen Hall, located between South College Avenue and The Green on the University of Delaware campus in Newark, Delaware, was financed with federal New Deal funds. "The following year, he provided the matching funds, which, together with federal support from the Public Works Administration, financed the construction of the building’s twin, now called Hullihen Hall, which was designated to house the central administration and the humanities departments." (UDel.edu)

Humboldt General Hospital in Winnemucca has been around in various forms since the 19th century. The first hospital on the present site was established in 1908.  It was expanded with new structures in 1936, 1942, 1962, 1973 and completely rebuilt in 2015-16. The 1941-42 expansion was undertaken with a $14,121 grant by the Work Projects Administration (WPA), while the 1936 addition was undertaken with a $24,545 grant by the Public Works Administration (PWA). The 2015-16 reconstruction of the hospital effaced all traces of buildings before the 1960s. Old Hospital before being torn down in 1972 - Winnemucca NV