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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

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

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

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

Built in 1936, Durkeeville was once public housing — the second public housing project built in Florida under the federal Public Works Administration. This was listed as 239 living units, one and two story group houses, costing $1,000,000. Durkeeville was… read more

Built by the Works Progress Administration in 1936, Barnett Field hosted the Fargo-Morehead Twins minor league baseball team until 1960. Barnett Field was demolished in 1963.

The Hibbing Disposal Plant, later named North Wastewater Treatment Plant, was built 1938-1939 in part with funding by the Public Works Administration (PWA). It was known for having two of the world’s largest concrete self-supporting domes. The facility was demolished… read more

Lawrence-Dumont Stadium, originally Lawrence Stadium, was a baseball stadium built by the Civil Works Administration (CWA) in 1934. Home to minor league baseball and National Baseball Congress tournament for many years. It was demolished in 2018 to make room for… read more

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) constructed a fire lookout tower at Steamboat Point, which is located about 6.75 miles southwest of Dayton, Wyoming. Living New Deal believes the structure is no longer extant.

The Civilian Conservation Corps constructed a fire lookout tower at the top of Mount Pisgah in eastern Wyoming, ten miles NNE of Newcastle. The tower is no longer extant. Cassity: O. B. Kongslie in Weston County described a CCC-constructed “observation… read more