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  • Renick R-V School - Renick MO
    The school is a classic, surprising art deco building in a town of 220 people presently.  Although it could use some sandblasting and paint, the building is a great example of art deco architecture by Ludwig Abt who was an architect in nearby Moberly and who designed their Municipal Auditorium.
  • Reseda Elementary School - Reseda CA
    Reseda Elementary School, which opened in 1916, 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 member of the board agrees with...
  • Rhode Island School for the Deaf, Gymnasium - Providence RI
    A long, two-story building, Colonial Revival in style. Built by the PWA in 1934-36 to house a training school as well as a gymnasium. The architects were William R. Walker & Son, of Providence. The School for the Deaf has since moved to a new campus.
  • Richards Hall, University of Oklahoma - Norman OK
    Richards Hall is a PWA building constructed to house the University of Oklahoma's zoology and micro-biology department in 1935-37. Designed by Univ of Oklahoma architectural professor Joseph Smay, it includes numerous bas reliefs of aspects of Zoology.  It was the first building on the south oval of the campus.
  • Richmond Street School - El Segundo CA
    This fancifully decorated elementary school was built by the Public Works Administration (PWA) in 1936, after the original school was destroyed in the 1933 Long Beach earthquake. Note the PWA construction sign in the archival photo below.
  • Richmond Township School - Richmond RI
    The New Deal funded the construction of this school, now Richmond Elementary, in Richmond Township in 1934.
  • Ridge Avenue School (demolished) Grounds Improvements - Darby PA
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted the following work at the former Ridge Avenue school in Darby, Pennsylvania: "grade the grounds on the Tenth street side of the Ridge avenue school grounds and ... enlarge the cement court to the Tenth street fence and the line of the property of the Friends' Meeting." The school, which was located at the western corner of Ridge Ave. and N 10th St., is no longer extant.
  • Ridgeway Elementary School - Columbia MO
    The New Deal funded an addition to Ridgeway Elementary in 1934.  While the plaque says the money came from a "Federal Public Works Project", that would be an early name for the Public Works Administration (PWA). The new eastern wing echoed the brick gothic design of the original building.     Ridgeway Elementary is today a magnet school for the Columbia area.
  • Rincon School - Rincon NM
    On February 12, 1936, the Doña Ana County Board of Education prepared a WPA project proposal to remodel and enlarge an existing school in Rincon, a small farming community on the Rio Grande north of Las Cruces. The project would add onto to an existing one-story, red-brick Mission Revival-style schoolhouse. The Board anticipated it would cost $5,111.20, with the WPA contributing $4,111.20 (WPA OP 65-85-1469). What resulted is a complementary brick addition, with the same pattern of windows and roof type as the original school. The only difference being the source of bricks and the type of sill applied to the windows. The...
  • Riverdale School - Riverdale NE
    In mid July 1935, an application was filed with the PWA for aid in constructing a $45,000.00 school in Riverdale. The new building, designed by Hugh McClure of Kearney, was planned to be brick with a reinforced concrete frame. The first floor would include a combined gymnasium and auditorium measuring 48 by 66 feet. Adjacent to the gym would be two grade rooms, the home economics and Smith-Hughes laboratory and shop, and dressing rooms. The second floor was to house a science laboratory, offices, assembly hall and classroom space. In September 1935, architect Hugh McClure was notified that final approval of...
  • Riverside High School Addition - Milwaukee WI
    "Milwaukee County PWA Construction Project-addition to Riverside High School."
  • Robert E. Lee Elementary School - Austin TX
    On October 31, 1938, the Public Works Administration offered the City of Austin a grant not to exceed $613,127 to cover 45% of the costs of school buildings, a stadium and field house, a central heating system, an underpass, an arcade and additions and alterations to existing school buildings, including necessary equipment and acquisition of necessary land under PWA Docket No. Texas-2134-F. Robert E. Lee Elementary School was one of the new schools built with this grant. In May 2016, the Austin School Board changed the name of the school to Russell Lee Elementary in response to community concerns about honoring...
  • Robert E. Lee School - Durant OK
    "At the corner of 9th and Louisiana stands an L-shaped school constructed of buff brick in the Spanish Colonial style. A name block under a stepped parapet at the center of the facade reads 'ROBERT E. LEE SCHOOL.' "On the facade, there is a projected center portion with an entrance at each side. The two entrances are under a covered portico with arched openings. These entrance walls rise another half-story above the one-story flat roof of the school. There are faux balconies and sealed arched window openings for decoration. At the center of the facade a small stepped parapet rises above...
  • Robert E. Peary Middle School - Gardena CA
    Robert E. Peary Middle School (formerly Gardena High School), which opened in 1907 in Gardena, CA, 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...
  • Robert Lee School Improvements - Robert Lee TX
    "Further improvements in the Robert Lee school are assured with allocation Saturday in Washington of a $1,350 grant in PWA funds." (Sweetwater Reporter) The address and current status of this structure are not presently known by Living New Deal.
  • Robert M. Finley Middle School - Glen Cove NY
    The PWA built the east wing of the Robert M. Finley middle school. "The Robert M. Finley Middle School, serving students in grades six through eight, is made up of several buildings: the west wing, built in 1910 and renovated in 1989; the east wing, built in 1938; and the Unified Arts Center/Media Center and gymnasium, built in 1975." (https://www.glencove.k12.ny.us) "This building replaces an old frame high school built in 1893. Among the rooms on the first floor are 14 classrooms, a gymnasium, auditorium, offices, music room, and wood and metal workrooms. The second floor has two art rooms, two men...
  • Robert Mitchell School - Sparks NV
    "Robert Mitchell School in Sparks got a new playground with supervised play for children from FERA."
  • Robert Russa Moton Museum - Farmville VA
    Robert Russa Moton Museum occupies the former public high school of the same name in Farmville, Virginia. Located at the intersection of South Main Street and Griffin Boulevard (Ely Street at time of construction), the school was constructed as the "Colored" High School in 1939 as a federal Public Works Administration (PWA) project. In 1951, a student organized strike against over crowded conditions lead to a NAACP court case, Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County, Virginia. In 1954 the case became one of five cases combined in the Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education...
  • Robinson High School Auditorium-Gymnasium (demolished) - Robinson IL
    "The Robinson High School Auditorium-Gymnasium, also known as the RHS Gym was a historic gymnasium located on the campus of Robinson High School in Robinson, Illinois. The gym was constructed in 1939 using funds granted by the Public Works Administration. The Art Deco building featured fluted columns around its entrance, glass-block windows at the entrance and east and west sides, and curved metal awnings. Both high school athletic events and public events were held in the building, as Robinson had no other large public space suitable for hosting community events at the time." The building has since been demolished. PWA Docket...
  • Robinson School Improvements - Bayonne NJ
    The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted improvement work on all school buildings in the city of Bayonne ca. 1939. Work on what is now the Dr. Walter F. Robinson School building (formerly Bayonne's high school) included "painting, repairing, and general improvement work."
  • Rochelle School - Rochelle TX
    Rock and brick building labeled Rochelle ISD has a WPA plaque which reads, "Work Projects Administration 1938-1940." The adjacent rock building labeled "1935 Rochelle School Auditorium" looks typical of structures built by the WPA, but has no plaque attesting to WPA involvement. The rock wall around the school area does not have a marker.
  • Rock Hill High School Gymnasium - Rock Hill SC
    "The federal government’s New Deal programs, specifically the Works Progress Administration and the Public Works Administration, also played a direct role in Rock Hill’s economic recovery. Building projects included ... a gym at Rock Hill High School ..." (sc.gov) "1935: The first separate high school gymnasium is built, thanks to federal money." (https://rh.rock-hill.k12.sc.us/)
  • Rock Schoolhouse - Wiley CO
    "Built in 1938 through the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the historic Wiley Rock Schoolhouse, is a lasting monument to the local people and others whose lives were improved by the employment provided by this federal program. WPA projects focused on using local labor and inexpensive materials. Native sandstone slabs from grassland areas near the river cover the recycled concrete block that forms the interior walls. The curb and stairways were constructed of locally quarried sandstone. The project also included curbing and gutters for Wiley's three main streets. Witness the success of this project in the creative masonry, craftsmanship, and enduring...
  • Rockport School (former) - Rockport TX
    An onsite marker reads: "Rockport School has served the town of Rockport for many years as both an educational and community institution. It dates to 1935, during the era of the Great Depression. One of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs to combat the Depression was the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, later the Public Works Administration (PWA), part of the National Industrial Recovery Act. Workers completed construction on the Rockport School, labeled Project Number 2813, under the PWA, and local bonds helped to subsidize the government project. The district had the structure built on the site of an...
  • Rockview School - Rockview MO
    In 1936, the PWA funded the construction of this small 2- to 3-room school with rock façade that is presently a private residence.  It is just south of the main road through town. The federal contribution to the project was $8,000.
  • Rockville Elementary School - Rockville MN
    The Rockville school was a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project in Rockville, Minnesota. In late 1934, the town of Rockville realized they needed a bigger school for the children in their town: too many children attended the existing school, and the town was utilizing the second floor of the city hall as more classrooms. The school secured WPA funding to build a bigger school to meet the needs of the growing town. This project provided 78,773 hours of labor, it cost a total of $37,474 in labor costs. The school is a monument of the granite industry that employs many of the...
  • Rocky Public School - Rocky OK
    The Works Progress Administration built the Rocky Public School - Rocky OK Contributor note: "Rocky's Orange Blossom School was first established in 1904 with the consolidation of several small schools in nearby towns. The first wood school was lost to fire; a second wood school was torn down in 1926 when a brick school was built on this location. In 1942-1942, the WPA constructed the existing gymnasium for that school. The school continued until 1967 when it was closed due to lack of attendance. The gymnasium remains and is currently occupied as the Community Center. A bronze plaque near the west entrance...
  • Rogers Middle School - Long Beach CA
    Will Rogers Middle School was built in 1934 with Public Works Administration (PWA) funding. Edward L. Mayberry designed Building A in PWA Moderne style. He also designed the Boys and Girls Physical Education Buildings in 1935, but it is unclear whether this too was a New Deal project. The 1933 Long Beach 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...
  • Rollinsford Grade School - Rollinsford NH
    The Public Works Administration funded the construction of the Rollinsford Grade School. The structure was built in 1936, and consists of a large T-shaped two story gabled roof building in the Colonial Revival style. The town-wide school was grades 1-8. At present it is grades K-6.  
  • Roosevelt Elementary School - Long Beach CA
    The 1933 Long Beach Earthquake destroyed hundreds of schools throughout Southern California. Originally constructed in 1921, Roosevelt Elementary School was rehabilitated in 1935 with assistance from the Works Progress Administration (WPA). “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 labor and material costs were obtained. To minimize costs, building materials were salvaged from damaged buildings, some schools were rehabilitated, and new schools were constructed with basic amenities...
  • Roosevelt High School - Honolulu HI
    Honolulu's Roosevelt High School was constructed in 1935 with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. P.W.A. Docket No. 2633 T. H.  
  • Roosevelt High School - Parkersburg WV
    The Works Progress Administration built the Roosevelt High School in Parkersburg, Wood County. The project was completed in 1936. The building façade material is local stone. The exact location and condition of this facility are unknown to the Living New Deal.
  • Roosevelt Middle School - Glendale CA
    The WPA improved the school grounds in the 1930s.
  • Roosevelt Middle School - Oakland CA
    Roosevelt High School (now Middle School) was originally opened in 1924 but was closed in 1934 (probably because of earthquake hazard) and replaced by temporary classrooms.  It was then rebuilt by the Oakland Public Schools (Department of Architecture and Engineering) with aid from the Public Works Administration (PWA), reopening in 1937.  The funding shares are unknown to us, as is the date on which construction began. The Art Moderne building still stands.  Like so many of today's schools, it is entirely fenced off.   An addition on the back covers up the old south facade and a new gymnasium has been...
  • Roosevelt Middle School - Tijeras NM
    "A number of other APS buildings were built, remodeled, or had additions built as the result of this source of this source of funding. Likewise adjacent school playgrounds, ball fields, etc. were also created. The schools include Armijo, Coronado, Duranes, Five Points School, La Mesa, Lincoln, Los Candelarias, Pajarito, San Jose, Santa Barbara, and Stronghurst. For specific information on each of these refer to the Albuquerque Museum Monograph written by Charles Biebel." -Treasures on New Mexico Trails
  • Roosevelt Public School - Roosevelt NJ
    The school was constructed as part of the original Resettlement Administration settlement. Parts of the original school have since been added, but portions of the building are still original. The building houses the town's beloved Ben Shahn mural, as well as a pair of intricate doors designed by Otto Wester in 1938. The doors have been removed from the exterior but are still on display inside the building.
  • Roosevelt School (demolished) Improvements - Framingham MA
    All 17 schoolhouses in Framingham, Massachusetts were painted, remodeled, and/or repaired with federally funded labor during the Great Depression. The former Roosevelt School, demolished in the 1950s, was located at the southeast corner of Fay Rd. and Seminole Ave., now the site of Roosevelt Park (UT map). In 1935 the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (F.E.R.A.) and/or the Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) painted many facets of the school building. New fences were constructed in 1939. The heating system was improved, the school painted, and the roof shingled by W.P.A. labor in 1942.
  • Roosevelt School (former) Improvements - Maynard MA
    The Work Projects Administration (W.P.A.) conducted improvement work at Maynard's former Roosevelt School—now the town's public library—in 1941. All school buildings in the town "on the exterior have been completely renovated by having the windows weather stripped, puttied and painted. The interior... are now being repaired with W.P.A. labor by installing new celotex ceilings where needed, replacing plaster ceilings that were beyond repairs, having the hallways, classrooms washed and painted. These repairs have added consiterabl to the appearance of our school buildings."
  • Roosevelt Schoolhouse Repairs - Brighton Plantation ME
    The community notes in the Independent Reporter of February 4, 1934 mentions New Deal help in this very rural plantation of 114 (1930 census). "School at the Roosevelt schoolhouse reopened Monday, after a vacation of two weeks. The CWA workers have been making some much needed repairs on the schoolhouse." David Baker and P. Tripp are mentioned as visiting from the Greenville CCC camp.
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