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  • State Police Post - L'Anse MI
    The Michigan State Police District 8 post in L'Anse was constructed in 1935 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
  • State Police Post - Manistique MI
    The Michigan State Police District 8 post in Manistique was completed in 1937 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
  • State Police Post - Paw Paw MI
    Constructed in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), this handsome facility was built to house the Michigan State Police's Fifth District Headquarters and Paw Paw Post. The latter has since relocated.
  • State Police Post - Reed City MI
    Completed in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), this facility was built to house the Michigan State Police's Reed City Post. The building continues to function as such to this day.
  • State Police Post - Rockford MI
    Completed in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), this facility was built to house the Michigan State Police's Rockford Post and Sixth District Headquarters. The latter has since relocated to Grand Rapids, though the former is still based here.
  • State Police Post - Sandusky MI
    Constructed in 1940-1 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), this handsome facility was built to house the Michigan State Police's Sandusky Post.
  • State Police Post - Wakefield MI
    The Michigan State Police District 8 post in Wakefield was completed in 1937 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
  • State Police Post - West Branch MI
    "Construction of a new West Branch Post began October 31, 1938. This standard, brick WPA barracks was completed August 24, 1939, at a cost of $17,994.51." The building is still in service.
  • State Police Post - White Pigeon MI
    Constructed in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), this handsome facility was built to house the Michigan State Police's White Pigeon Post. The building, which is located at the northeast corner of U.S. 12 and U.S. 131, is still in service.
  • State Police Post (demolished) - Battle Creek MI
    Constructed in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), this handsome facility was built as the Michigan State Police's Battle Creek Post. The State Police ceased their operations there in 2012, relocating to Marshall. In 2017 the property was sold to a local business owner, and the building was demolished in March 2018.
  • State Police Post (demolished) - New Buffalo MI
    Constructed in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), this facility housed the Michigan State Police's New Buffalo Post. The building was completed in 1937; expanded in 1967; later privately owned; and demolished between 2015 and 2017. The facility was located on the south side of U.S. 12, in the sliver of land between that road and E Clay St.—just west of where the roads intersect.
  • State Police Post (demolished) - St. Clair MI
    Completed in 1938 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the Michigan State Police District 2 post in St. Clair featured a walk-out basement along the St. Clair River. The building, which had been located at 1419 Oakland Ave., has since been demolished.
  • State Police Post (former) - Alpena MI
    Completed in 1935 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), this facility was built to house the Michigan State Police's Alpena Post. The building, located at the intersection of S. State Ave. with S. Ripley Blvd., is now privately owned.
  • State Police Post (former) - Brighton MI
    Constructed in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), what was originally the Michigan State Police District 1 post in Brighton now houses a private real estate firm.
  • State Police Post (former) - Cadillac MI
    Constructed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), this facility was built to house the Michigan State Police's Gaylord Post. Construction began on July 29, 1937 and the post opened on Feb. 23, 1938. The building is now privately owned.
  • State Police Post (former) - Detroit MI
    Completed in 1937 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), what was originally a Michigan State Police Post, and Second District Headquarters, was located at West Seven Mile Rd. and Grand River Ave. in Detroit, Michigan. The building has been replaced with a facility in Northville, and the WPA-built facility has since been demolished.
  • State Police Post (former) - Erie MI
    Constructed in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), what was originally the Michigan State Police District 2 post in Erie is now privately owned. The facility is located on Telegraph Rd. just north of Lakeside Rd.
  • State Police Post (former) - Flat Rock MI
    Constructed in 1940 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), what was originally the Michigan State Police District 2 post in Flat Rock is now privately owned.
  • State Police Post (former) - Manistee MI
    Completed in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), this facility was built to house the Michigan State Police's Manistee Post. The building presently serves other public safety functions.
  • State Police Post (former) - Mt. Pleasant MI
    Completed in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), this facility was built to house the Michigan State Police's Mt. Pleasant Post. The building is now privately owned.
  • State Police Post (former) - Niles MI
    Constructed in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), this handsome facility was built to house the Michigan State Police's Niles Post. Groundbreaking occurred in September 1938, and the building was completed in August 1939. The building is now privately owned.
  • State Police Post (former) - Romeo MI
    Constructed in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), what was originally the Michigan State Police District 2 post in Romeo now houses the Romeo Historical Society Museum. The post opened on Oct. 6, 1936.
  • State Police Post (former) - South Haven MI
    Constructed in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), this facility housed the Michigan State Police's South Haven Post. The building has since been expanded, and is now privately owned.
  • State Police Post (former) - St. Ignace MI
    Completed in 1937 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), what was originally the Michigan State Police District 8 post in St. Ignace is now home to the Mackinac County Road Commission.
  • Station 5 (former) Improvements - Asheville NC
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) and Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) provided labor for the renovation of Asheville's old Station 5 firehouse, in Biltmore Village. The building, which served as a fire station until 1975, is now privately owned. "Under project No. 11B-B4-24, the Biltmore fire station, just out of Asheville, Buncombe County, was completely renovated. The truck room has been enlarged to accommodate two trucks, the living quarters for the firemen have been replastered and redecorated, and the old and unsanitary plumbing has been brought up to date. These improvements were much needed to bring this fire station up to...
  • Steuben House Renovations - River Edge NJ
    The Steuben House is a longstanding historical and architectural landmark in Bergen County NJ. Its style recalls the Bergen Dutch community. The house was occupied for military purposes during much of the American Revolutionary War, including by General Washington. During the 1930s, New Deal workers renovated the house, helping preserve the historic structure up to this day: "On June 20, 1938, a crew of WPA workmen began a $20,000 renovation of the Steuben House (the New Jersey Historic Sites Commission contributing $3,000 and the WPA supplying $15,800 worth of labor to the project). A new oil heating system, a bath and lavatory...
  • Stones Ranch Military Reservation (former) Improvements - East Lyme CT
    The Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) conducted development / improvement projects at what was Stones Ranch Military Reservation in East Lyme. "Improve public buildings" Official Project Numbers: 465‐15‐2‐113 Total project cost: $12,687.00 Sponsor: Quartermaster General's Department, State of Connecticut Additionally, Stones Ranch was the site of one of the few Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.) camps located on a military reservation: Camp Chapman, C.C.C. Company #177. Work included "recreation area improvements, road building, gypsy moth removal, and Dutch Elm disease sanitation."
  • Sulphur Armory - Sulphur OK
    Also known as the National Guard Armory, the Sulphur Armory stands vacant today at 500 W Wynnewood Ave, Sulphur, OK. Placed on the National Register in 1994, it is an outstanding example of the work of the Works Progress Administration.
  • Swinburne Island Improvements - Staten Island NY
    The WPA worked during the late 1930s to improve "properties of the U.S. Maritime Commission on Hoffman and Swinburne Island in New York Bay" in New York City. Each island was previously artificially created and was, at the time, being used for the U.S. Merchant Marine as a training station. WPA work on the islands included "reconditioning buildings, grounds, utilities and facilities; excavating; back-filling; draining; painting; improving roads and walks; installing electrical and heating facilities; grading and landscaping grounds; doing carpentry and demolition work ..." Approximately $210,000 was dedicated to these projects as well as work to "the Maritime Ship 'Tusitala' at...
  • Tahlequah Armory Municipal Center - Tahlequah OK
    "Built at a cost of approximately $32,000, and designed by Bryan W. Nolan, this armory was completed in 1937 using WPA labor. It consists of a one-story administrative wing, and a large barrel-roofed drill hall. The armory is built of uncoursed, squared white and tan polychromatic sandstone in a castle-like style....   "The administrative wing has a flat roof, with a stepped roof line and entrance which is slightly projected. The main entrance has double aluminum and glass doors, with the entrance and flanking windows having black cloth awnings. Some of the tall, narrow windows have the original steel frames and 2-over-4...
  • Tank Combat Range (former) Improvements - Schuyler Falls NY
    The federal Work Projects Administration (WPA) conducted improvements ca. 1940-1 at what was then the Tank Combat Range in Schuyler Falls, New York. The exact location and status of this facility is unknown to Living New Deal.
  • Taos Fire Station - Taos NM
    The Atlas of Historic New Mexico Maps, produced with assistance from the New Mexico Humanities Council and the New Mexico Chapter of the National New Deal Preservation Association, lists a number of New Deal buildings in Taos County. These include: The old high school (now part of the middle school); Taos Valley School on Randall Street; the fire station; the fish hatchery; the old Post Office, and over a dozen schools.
  • Teaneck Armory - Teaneck NJ
    The Public Works Administration (PWA) was a primary funding source for the construction of the Teaneck Armory. "Completed in 1936 at a cost of nearly $1 million, the Teaneck Armory -- with its 37-foot-high arching roof -- has played a valuable role not just in the current war on terrorism, but also during peacetime. Sitting on 13.66 acres, the brick-and-stone structure was built by Depression-era laborers. They each spent only two days a week on the job because the government stretched the project to keep people employed as long as possible."   (https://www.teaneck.org/) The WPA was involved in a minor capacity at the site, constructing...
  • Tehachapi Fire Station - Tehachapi CA
    WPA funded Fire Station, adjacent to WPA city hall and WPA memorial hall. Current status of building unknown.
  • Testing Laboratory - Los Angeles CA
    'This building is one unit of the docket covering general harbor development and improvement at Los Angeles. It has an area of 4,800 square feet and houses a 300,000-pound capacity Southwark Emery universal testing machine, as well as complete physics and chemistry testing laboratories for testing all types of materials used in construction.' (cost: $65,500)
  • The Citadel Military College of South Carolina Barracks - Charleston SC
    "The lack of facilities in the plant made it impossible to meet the demand for an increase in the student body until funds appropriated by the State legislature and a P.W.A. grant made possible the construction of several buildings, one of which was this barracks. It is substantially the same both architecturally and as to construction as the Murray barracks which were built in 1926. It is 4 stories in height and is built around an inner courtyard surrounded with balconies. It provides 52 rooms, 2 toilet rooms, 2 dressing rooms, and 2 shower rooms on each floor....
  • The Citadel Military College of South Carolina Chapel - Charleston SC
    "The lack of facilities in the plant made it impossible to meet the demand for an increase in the student body until funds appropriated by the State legislature and a P.W.A. grant made possible the construction of several buildings, one of which was this barracks. It is substantially the same both architecturally and as to construction as the Murray barracks which were built in 1926. It is 4 stories in height and is built around an inner courtyard surrounded with balconies. It provides 52 rooms, 2 toilet rooms, 2 dressing rooms, and 2 shower rooms on each floor....
  • The Pentagon - Arlington VA
    The Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense and the largest office building in the world.  It was constructed from August 1941 to January 1943 in order to centralize the administration of the U.S. armed services during World War II.  The burgeoning War Department moved from what is now the Truman Federal Building (home of the State Department), which had just been completed in 1940.  While it may not appear to be a typical New Deal public works project, the Pentagon ought to be considered as part of the New Deal legacy.  It was built for the...
  • The Pentagon: Access Roads - Arlington VA
    The Pentagon is America’s Department of Defense headquarters and the largest office building in the world.  It was constructed from August 1941 to January 1943 in order to centralize the administration of the U.S. armed services during World War II.   The site of the Pentagon had previously been a barren area, so the Public Roads Administration, a division of the New Deal’s Federal Works Agency (FWA), supervised a “$7 million network of highways to serve the and adjacent areas” (Sunday Star, 1942). While it may not appear to be a typical New Deal public works project, the Pentagon was built...
  • Throckmorton Volunteer Fire Department - Throckmorton TX
    The Throckmorton Fire Department was built with locally quarried limestone.
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