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  • Rebel Trains 352 and 353 (Demolished) – Mobile AL

    In 1934, the Interstate Commerce Commission approved a $1 million loan to the Gulf, Mobile & Northern Railroad Company (GM&N), from the New Deal’s Public Works Administration (PWA).  Out of this money came two streamliners: Rebel trains 352 and 353. … read more

  • Alice Whitney Park Dam (demolished) – St. Cloud MN

    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the Alice Whitney Park Dam on the Sauk River in St. Cloud MN in 1938.  WPA workers also built steps going down the riverbank to the dam and a path along the river.  The… read more

  • Piute High School (demolished) Addition – Circleville UT

    The original structure (Circleville Elementary) dates to 1921 – 22 (Pope & Burton, architects). High school attendance in this very rural area grew dramatically during the 1920s due to a new state law requiring compulsory school attendance until age 18…. read more

  • Santa Monica Public Library: Macdonald-Wright Mosaic (demolished) – Santa Monica CA

    In 1937, Stanton Macdonald-Wright (assisted by Albert King) completed a tile mosaic wall panel for a drinking fountain at the old Santa Monica Public Library in Santa Monica, CA. He received funding from the Federal Art Project (FAP). The mosaic… read more

  • New Deal-Built Gym in Pine Village, IN to be Demolished in March 2023

    WPA-built Elementary school gymnasium, formerly a high school gymnasium, will be demolished in March 2023. Despite the installation of a new roof, the concrete walls structure have deteriorated to such extent that the structure cannot be saved. Indiana-based Living New… read more

  • Wasatch Elementary (demolished) – Clearfield UT

    Clearfield hosted the Clearfield Naval Supply Depot during WWII. Thus, their schools were full to bursting, and not only was Wasatch Elementary built for the Davis County School District, but several other “Emergency Schools” were built in local war housing… read more

  • Dog Pound (demolished) – Salt Lake City UT

    This fireproof structure replaced makeshift quarters previously occupied and that had been subjected to much criticism. Here the impounded animals could be kept in comfort until humanly destroyed or claimed (from Jessen). The local Civil Works Administration contributed $2206.10 against… read more

  • Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania: Athletic Field (demolished) – Bloomsburg PA

    Public Works Administration (PWA) funded the construction of an athletic field at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania in Bloomsburg PA. Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, then known as the Bloomsburg State Teachers College, benefited during the Great Depression from a large construction… read more

  • Sunset Court (demolished) – Vincennes IN

    Pearl City was an area of Vincennes that was described by the newspapers in the 1930’s at the time as an area next to the Wabash River that was filled with hovels made of crates and tin and occupied by… read more

  • City Hall (demolished) – Taylor TX

    Taylor, Texas’s former City Hall, “an 11,000-square-foot building on Main Street between Fourth and Fifth streets”, was constructed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1935. The rectangular building, featuring Art Deco details, was used for municipal purposes until 2005…. read more

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