Education and Health Sites

"The Marysville High School/Junior High School Complex is located in a residential neighborhood two blocks south of the historic Marshall County Courthouse and approximately two blocks southwest of Marysville’s business district. The complex occupies 12 acres; three buildings (the high school, junior high school, and transportation building), one structure (the stadium), and two objects (the stone gate piers) contribute to the historic significance of the property. The stadium and playing field were constructed near the center of the property in 1937, followed by the Art Deco high school designed by Louis H. Spencer at the northeast corner of the property...

In 1935, the Works Progress Administration completed upgrades/repairs for the Matawan Aberdeen Public Library on Main Street, Matawan, NJ. "As the year draws to a close, a WPA-funded upgrading project begins. The project includes book repair, creation of local history scrapbooks, mounting of photos (for instructional purposes), indexing/cataloging and shelf-listing."

On October 31, 1935, the City of Austin accepted a grant from the Public Works Administration not to exceed $286,363 to cover 45% of the costs of building new schools, and making additions and repairs to existing schools. The voters of Austin also passed a $350,000 bond package to cover the city’s share of the costs. Mathews Elementary School, built in 1916, was one of the schools that received repairs under the package. The renovations designed by Giesecke and Harris included a new roof and painting the exterior of the building. The Texas Historical Commission designated the school a Recorded Texas...

"The Mauldin Cultural Center, on the same grounds as the Gosnell cabin, is also historical. The building, built between 1935 and 1937 by the Works Progress Administration, was a high school until 1957, then an elementary school until 2002. The City of Mauldin has owned the property since 2005." (blogspot)

Maxcy College, a dormitory building on the University of South Carolina campus in Columbia, SC, was built in 1937, "part of an extensive building program on campus launched in the late 1930s as part of the New Deal. Originally planned as a student union building, Maxcy College and new wings at Thornwell College were erected at a cost of $225,000, a portion of which was paid for by the Public Works Administration. For some years the building housed administrative offices." The building is located at the north end of campus along Pendleton St. across from Marion St.

The Mayflower School was built and the cost of $9,500 by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, with the help of a PWA grant. Lester Troster, a local architect and superintendent of the regional Bureau of Indian Affairs, designed the two story structure.1 The architectural features include Colonial Revival elements. "The accentuated doors with decorative pediments and pilasters, symmetrically-balanced windows and center door, double hung sashes and multiple panes are indicative of the Colonial Revival (1880-1955) style." "The U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs built Mayflower School in 1933-1934 to serve as a model for Native schools in Alaska. The Bureau wanted the school to provide...

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) carried out improvements at the Maypearl Intermediate School in Maypearl TX. Except from Waxahachie Daily Light dated 4/17/1941: "The project covering improvements at the Maypearl School reopened April 11 after having been suspended since Oct. 1940 waiting for delivery of materials. The Maypearl School improvement project is set for a total expenditure of $74,396.40, the Federal Government to furnish $51,395, and the sponsor, the Maypearl Independent School District, to furnish $23,000. This project will employ an average of 42 workers for approximately another month at which time it is expected the new building and all ground improvements will be...

In Feb. 1936 the Tribune reported Oak Park would be building a new branch of their public library thanks to a grant from the Public Works Administration (PWA). Library directors proposed the idea for the expansion. They wanted the South Branch of the library, which opened in 1915, to be moved to a new location at the corner of Gunderson Avenue and Harrison Street. A new site was purchased and a budget of $65,000 was proposed, $22,677 of which would be covered by the PWA. Construction got underway and by the fall of 1936 the South Branch of the Oak...

In 1985 this small school was nominated to the Oklahoma Landmarks Inventory and National Register of Historic Places as a WPA site, and it was far from the only such school in Oklahoma. "In Oklahoma towns such as Tatums, Mazie, Madill and others, the Works Project Administration offered jobs to minorities and educational opportunities for their children... Many schools built in Oklahoma by the WPA were constructed by minority workers and benefited their children. Many of these schools still stand 50 years later."   (https://newsok.com) An Oklahoma Library Commission Report also lists a 1939 WPA built library at a school in Mazie - most...

McAlister Intermediate School was first constructed as a high school for Suffield, CT. The Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) supplied a $112,500 grant for the school's development, whose total cost was $243,597. Construction occurred between Oct. 1938 and Nov. 1939. The building has since been expanded. PWA Docket No. CT X1311

The Works Progress Administration built the McCarty School in the vicinity of Elmore City, OK. Contributor note: "The McCarty School was built to educate children in the rural area northeast of Elmore City. This two-room school is located in an area known as McCarty, although there is no town per se. When built in 1939, it was the only building in the area. It stands on the northwest corner of the intersection of County Roads 1620E and 3190N, about six miles northeast of Elmore City. This is a one-story, two-classroom school with a gabled roof. The building appears to be vacant at this time....

CK McClatchy Senior High School in Sacramento CA was built in 1937 with aid from the Public Works Administration (PWA) of the New Deal.  The school was designed by the local architectural firm of Starks and Flanders, which designed other landmark buildings in downtown Sacramento, including the Elks Temple, the U.S. Post Office, and the Courthouse. Ground was broken on May 20 and the school dedicated on September 19, 1937.  The school bears the name of C.K. McClatchy, the late editor and owner of The Sacramento Bee and a powerful figure in Sacramento and Central Valley politics during his life. The school included...

The Works Progress Administration built the McClusky Health Camp for tuberculosis victims, in Buhl, Twin Falls County.  

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Recreation Center was used as a library and mess hall. It was abandoned after the CCC camp relocated. Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers remodeled the building and created a nature museum. The nature museum opened up to the public in 1936.

Bonner Springs, Kansas received a new school in 1935, constructed as a federal Public Works Administration (PWA) project. The facility, located at 110 S Nettleton Ave., is now known as McDanield Learning Center. The building features a 1934 cornerstone and distinctive brickwork. Above the main entrance is an inscription: Dedicated to Character. The PWA provided a $22,500 grant for the project, whose total cost was $83,435. Construction started in May 1934 and was completed in May 1935. PWA Docket No. 3229.

Charlottesville, Virginia's historic former McIntire High School building was constructed during the 1930s with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The building now houses a private Christian school, The Covenant School.

McKinley Avenue Elementary School (formerly Seventy-Ninth Street Elementary School), which opened in 1925, was rebuilt with funding from the Public Works Administration (PWA) between 1934 and 1935. In January 1934, the PWA allocated $9,380,000 to the Los Angeles Unified School District for the rehabilitation of schools damaged in the severe 1933 Long Beach earthquake. One hundred and thirty schools would benefit from the system-wide loan and grant, with 2,500 men to be employed in rehabilitation work over 21 months. Upon receiving news of the PWA allocation, Board of Education member Arthur Eckman told the Los Angeles Times, “I am sure that every...

McKinley Elementary School was one of several schools and many public works built by the New Deal in Butte County, CA.  It was probably built by the WPA (but this needs to be confirmed).

Designed by M. Eugene Durfee, McKinley Elementary School (Building A) was built in 1934 with Public Works Administration (PWA) funding. It is one of six LBUSD schools built in the aftermath of the 1933 Long Beach Earthquake that were designed in the Period Revival style instead of WPA/PWA Moderne. The 1933 earthquake destroyed hundreds of schools throughout Southern California. “On August 29, 1933, Long Beach citizens approved a $4,930,000 bond measure for the rebuilding of schools. Applications for approximately thirty-five schools were filed with the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Public Works Administration (PWA); federal grants up to thirty percent of...

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) renovated McKinley Elementary school in Santa Monica, CA, under at least two separate projects.

McKinley Grade School was constructed in 1938 using PWA funds. It is now used as the administrative offices for the school district. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the McKinley Residential Historic District. The architect was Lorentz Schmidt of Wichita, KS. The brick column/pier pictured below is located at the corner of E. 1st Street and N. Pine. The submitter recalls there used to be a second one located at the east end of the school's front yard, also facing 1st Street.

An elementary school built in the Mission Style in 1909, McKinley Park School had its playground rebuilt under the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Public Works Administration (PWA) programs. Walkways around the building were also built. Today the playground is a parking lot and the school houses an arts center.

"McKissick Museum is located at the heart of the historic Horseshoe on the Columbia campus of the University of South Carolina. It was established in 1976 by the University Board of Trustees to bring together under one roof the many object collections housed in various departments and colleges across campus... The McKissick building is a Works Progress Administration structure erected in 1939 as the University's library. It stands on the site of the first President's house built on the Horseshoe, which was removed to make room for the library in 1937. A plaque commemorating the house lies in front of McKissick...

This building was originally known as W. P. McLean Junior High when it opened in 1936. It was designed by Fort Worth architect Wiley G. Clarkson and built by James T. Taylor with financing through the Public Works Administration (PWA). The one- and two-story Mediterranean Revival design included Art Deco motifs. Fort Worth's tremendous growth in the post-World War II years resulted in the school beginning transformed to R. L. Paschal Senior High School  in 1955. The 1930s school has been greatly obscured by successive additions to the high school.

The since-demolished McLean Stadium of the University of Kentucky was one of many structures that was either constructed or improved with the assistance of federal New Deal funds. "Although unable to secure funding for expanded seating," Eric Moyen writes, the university's Athletic Council "did secure the city of Lexington as a 'project sponsor' for the construction of a press box and running track at the football stadium. The WPA approved a grant in excess of $20,000 for construction, and Lexington paid the remaining $7,000." The site today is known as Stoll Field, the name by which McLean Stadium had been known from...

Auditorium used for theatre, performances, concerts, and school and city activities. It is still used today. First referred to as "Junior College Auditorium", then named "McNeese Main Auditorium", and later "F. G. Bulber Auditorium." The building was the first building completed for the then new McNeese Junior College.

The Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) greatly contributed to the expansion of what was then known as the McRae Memorial Tuberculosis Sanitarium . "On January 1, 1930 the McRae Sanatorium for Negroes opened with 26 patients. Within a matter of days, the waiting list numbered in the hundreds. Dr. Browne, his family, the entire staff, and all the patients lived in one large building. Finally, in 1935 Dr. Browne secured funding from the Federal Works Progress Administration to build a new multipurpose structure at the sanatorium. The building, which was named for Miss Erle Chambers, contained a modern surgical unit, dining facilities,...

Mead Library in the Lovejoy neighborhood of Buffalo, New York was constructed in the 1930s by the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA). "After the Erie County Library Board selected the Mead Library as one of several Buffalo branch libraries to be defunded and closed, the Lovejoy neighborhood and Councilmember Richard Fontana took steps to keep Mead open as a community resource. Today Mead continues to loan books, host weekly meetings of such groups as the Homemaker’s Society and offer free internet access, entirely through the work of volunteers. This industrious and collective spirit is very much in keeping with Mead Library’s roots:...

Built by the WPA during the early 1930s.

The existing Mechanic Street School was renovated and enlarged with Works Progress Administration funds in 1936. The building has since been converted into an office building.

The historic former Ephraim High School Mechanical Arts Building was constructed as a New Deal project. Work began under the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) and was completed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). he exact location and status of the building is presently unknown to Living New Deal.

The historic Moroni High School Mechanical Arts Building was constructed as a New Deal project. Work began under the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) and was completed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The building is now privately owned. National Register of Historic Places nomination: "This is one of three high school shop buildings constructed in Sanpete County that use the same basic design. The other two are in Ephraim and Mt. Pleasant, both of which are still standing and are eligible for nomination. All three of these buildings are large, two-story box-like structures with rectangular plans and centrally placed two-story entrance...

The historic Mt. Pleasant High School Mechanical Arts Building was constructed as a New Deal project. Work began under the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) and was completed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The building is now privately owned. National Register of Historic Places nomination: "This building is one of three high school shop buildings constructed in Sanpete County using the same basic design. The other two are in Ephraim and Moroni, both of which are still standing and eligible for nomination. All three of these buildings are large, two-story box-like structures with rectangular plans and centrally placed two-story entrance porticos....

"Meeker Junior/Senior High School is located on the east side of the downtown area on Carl Hubbell Street (Hwy 62). This is a large one-story native stone building, constructed in 1939 with an appropriation of $54,963. This is an L-shaped building with intersecting gable roofs. An aerial photo shows the L-shaped configuration of the school. The entrances to the two sections of the building have double aluminum and glass doors, and are recessed beneath a sandstone arch. Large window openings have been infilled with stone, and have decorative boarded windows. Four historic dormers on the facade have been removed. A...

Mell Hall was constructed as the Clemson post office in 1940; as such its construction was funded by the federal Treasury Department. After postal operations relocated the building became part of the Clemson University campus, and it now serves as Clemson, University's housing office. The building is located just off the southern side of Old Greenville Highway between Riggs Field and Bowman Field.

Melrose Leadership Academy, a public school in the Oakland Unified School District, occupies the former Sherman Elementary School building  –  named for Margaret Sherman, a teacher and principal in the Oakland school system. Melrose Academy is a K-8 dual language immersion school and has two locations. The former Sherman school is the K-2d grade half of the academy.  Melrose Academy has used the old Sherman school since 2007. Sherman Elementary was built in the 1930s with the assistance of the Public Works Administration (PWA).  The exact construction date is unknown to us.

The historic former Memorial Hospital building in Clovis, New Mexico was constructed in 1937-9 as a New Deal project. The Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) provided a $53,761 grant for the project, whose total cost was $120,834. The facility is now managed by a spiritual organization. P.W.A. Docket No. N.M. 1009

All 17 schoolhouses in Framingham, Massachusetts were painted, remodeled, and/or repaired with federally funded labor during the Great Depression. In 1935 the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (F.E.R.A.) and/or Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) conducted brickwork, installed new copper flashing, finished ceilings, and painted many parts of the school. Work continued under the W.P.A. in 1936, and two years later new boilers, and toilets, and sidewalks were installed at the school by agency laborers. New fences were constructed in 1940.

Construction of an addition to the Purdue Memorial Union was enabled by Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) funds in the form of a $56,200 grant. The total project cost was $163,272. Construction occurred between Dec. 1935 and Sept. 1936. PWA Docket No. IN 1002.

“WPA benefited both local school districts and institutions of higher learning. The OU Memorial Union Tower was built on the Norman campus in 1936.”