Now the Anderson-Murphy Community Center. It is a 17,964 square foot building constructed in 1927. This building served as the National Guard Armory before being purchased by the City for use by the Parks & Recreation Department. According to an… read more
Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) labor worked to develop Lawrence Municipal Airport in North Andover, Mass., in conjunction with the City of Lawrence and the War Department. W.P.A. project details: “Andover: Improve municipal airport” Official Project Number: 65‐1‐14‐374 Total project cost:… read more
Now a senior center, Tallahassee’s historic Leon County Armory was constructed with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA provided a $19,859 grant to the project, whose total cost was $74,365. Construction occurred between November 1934… read more
The Leon County Jail was constructed in 1937 at a cost of $100,000, replacing an older jail located immediately adjacent. The new facility was segregated by gender, proving spaces for 72 men and 26 women. The jail featured common areas… read more
The WPA built the National Guard Armory in Lexington in 1941. Strong horizontal lines define the 2nd floor, front façade. The design is almost identical to that of the Richmond, Kentucky WPA armory. It is now a police fitness center… read more
The Lincoln County Courthouse (is) truly a story of two buildings in one as the mid-1930s Art Deco-styled courthouse received a totally new front, in a contemporary style, in the 1970s as the town and county expanded in the wake… read more
Located on North Main Street across from the Lincoln County Courthouse in Canton, SD, the WPA assisted in the construction of the county’s jail and sheriff’s residence.
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration prepared a temporary landing field at Lindbergh Bay in 1935. The field subsequently became the site of a United States Marine Corps Airbase built in 1937 by the Public Works Administration.
Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) workers constructed an extension to the multi-purpose former community building and Linden Fire Station in Malden, Mass. WPA Bulletin: A ward meeting place has been built, recreational quarters added and library floor space doubled by a… read more
The W.P.A. conducted improvement work at Lockwood Basin in East Boston, Mass. W.P.A. project details: “Improvements at Boston Navy Yard, So. Boston Annex, and Lockwood Basin” Official Project Number: 154‐3‐14‐529 Total project cost: $568,252.00 Sponsor: U.S. Navy Department “Improvements at… read more
Lockwood Hall, a.k.a. Building 662, originally constructed as the Bachelor Officer Quarters, was constructed in 1934 with Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) funds. “Legend holds that during World War II, the concrete lanai was painted with a map of the Pacific… read more
The WPA rebuilt Long Beach Fire Department Station No. 7 after it was destroyed in the 1933 earthquake.
The WPA rebuilt Long Beach Fire Department Station No. 9 in 1939 after it was destroyed in the 1933 earthquake.
WPA Bulletin: Long Island — Boston’s smallest firehouse is soon to be built by WPA. Though David-like in proportion the new building will be a Goliath to the 1500 people and 16 institutional buildings on this Boston Harbor plot of… read more
The U.S. military had a sizable footprint on Maine’s Long Island, and the Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) conducted improvement work at the site. Project information: “Clean areas at Peaks Island and Long Island Military Reservation” Official Project Number: 165‐2‐11‐122 Total… read more
“Designed as the largest enclosed structure without walls in the world by noted California architects Robert Clements and Associates, this Art Deco building, constructed between 1938 and 1941 by the WPA, is the largest and second-oldest Navy Reserve Center in… read more
The former Los Prietos Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp was located in the Los Padres National Forest in the mountains behind Santa Barbara CA. Today, it serves as a juvenile correctional camp for boys.
The New Deal funded a $6,000 adobe fire station in Lost Hills. Current status unknown.
“The rapid growth of the city of Louisville, population 307,745 in 1930, necessitated additional facilities for the fire department. A grant was secured from the PWA with which this central fire station was built, as well as a hospital annex,… read more
From contributor Charles Swaney: “Modern deco design in this 2-story building that presently houses the Communication Arts Center of Trinity High School. Trees obscure the front façade, but the prominent vertical elements surrounding the entry are still evident as is… read more
The W.P.A. conducted improvement work at the grounds of the former Lovell General Hospital [branch: North, East, South—unknown] in Shirley, Mass. W.P.A. project details: “Improve grounds” Official Project Number: 265‐2‐14‐66 Total project cost: $48,421.00 Sponsor: Commanding General, Lovell General Hospital, U.S. Army
According to the city’s downtown master plan of 2009, the Lovington firehouse was “built by the Works Progress Administration” in 1941. The facility, on South Love Street, is still in service.
In 1941, the Public Works Administration (PWA) funded the construction of the MacDill Field Defense Housing Project in Tampa FL. The housing was built for Army enlisted personnel.
The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted road and building improvement work at the old Madison Barracks in Sackets Harbor, New York.
The historic Main Street Firehouse in Pascoag, Rhode Island was constructed with federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The colonial-style brick building was constructed between Dec. 1938 and Aug. 1939. The PWA supplied a $23,998 grant for the project, whose… read more
“[The photo in this article shows] the new Armory building under construction in Manitowoc, Wisconsin in April, 1939. Within the central space bounded by partially built outer brick walls are piles of old paving bricks that had been removed from… read more
According to National Archive files, between 1935 and 1938 WPA crews “landscaped the battleground, installed drains and built drives through the historic site.”
America Builds: “Many schools for feeble-minded and epileptic children have been built … At Mansfield the State of Connecticut maintains a school, which with the aid of a PWA grant of $2,576,700 provides living and hospitalization facilities, as well as… read more
The Manteo Fire Station was constructed with the assistance of WPA funds. The remaining money was raised locally by the Manteo Fire Department, which organized a series of dances. The downstairs was used to house fire equipment while the upstairs… read more
From the WPA verso below: "March Field, Riverside, where is situated the headquarters of the Fourth Air Force of the General Headquarters Air Corps, U.S. Army; Major General Jacob E. Fickel, commanding. This field first in the southwest in area… read more
Completed in 1942, this Work Projects Administration building features native Missouri stone and concrete. The building was designed by architect Mason C. Abbitt from Jefferson City, MO. Construction occurred in two stages and the facility includes a county jail.
Between 1938 and 1940 the WPA and the War Department conducted a joint effort to improve the landscape design of the Marietta National Cemetery (c. 1866). Though an elaborate archway and speaking platform had been erected in the late nineteenth… read more
The Public Works Administration (PWA) carried out major repairs and reconstruction of Marine barracks on St Croix. The cost of the PWA work was $2,297.12.
The Public Works Administration (PWA) carried out major repairs and remodeling of the Marine Barracks on St. Thomas. The cost of the PWA work was $1,969.35. The facilities, constructed in the vicinity of the Bourne Field, have been converted in… read more
“United States Marine Corps Airbase—The completion during the year of a P.W.A. project for the construction of a Marine Corps airbase at Lindbergh Bay estate has been important both because it has given employment to local labor and because it… read more
The Public Works Administration (PWA) carried out major repairs of the Marine Corps Storehouse, Building No. 75. The cost of the PWA work was $1,964.96.
The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum was constructed as a Naval Reserve Armory by the Works Project Administration (WPA) in 1940-42. In 1939, the City of Santa Barbara deeded the land to the Navy, because city leaders thought that a Naval Reserve… read more
The Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) conducted substantial modernization work to what was then Newburyport’s central fire station. Originally constructed as the Market House in 1823, the building at 1 to 3 Market Square [/Merrimac Street] was renovated into an arts… read more
The Civil Works Administration (CWA) provided labor for the improvement of what was then the Matteawan State Hospital (now Fishkill Correctional Facility) in Beacon, New York.
The Utah National Guard was funded by the New Deal to built several armories. One of those is in Mount Pleasant. The exact year of construction is unknown to us.. “During the 1930s, UTNG used federal money, often supplied through… read more
Check out our latest map and guide to the work of the New Deal in Washington, D.C. It includes 500 New Deal sites in the District alone, highlighting 34 notable sites, and includes an inset map of the area around the National Mall which can be used for self-guided walking tours.
Take a look at our previous guides, equally comprehensive, covering key New Deal sites in San Francisco and New York City.
