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  • Crowe Park Development - Maynard MA
    The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (F.E.R.A.) conducted multiple work projects at Crowe Park in Maynard, Massachusetts in 1934, including removing rocks and stumps; grading land for parking space; painting its grandstands; and constructing tennis courts. In 1935 F.E.R.A. labor "erected a new back stop, cut brush and graded behind the grand stand. The Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) continued work at the park, which included construction of a band stand in 1939.
  • Fire Station (former) Improvements - Maynard MA
    The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (F.E.R.A.) provided the labor for painting the then-fire station in Maynard, Massachusetts in 1934, at what was hailed "quite a savings" to local taxpayers. The old fire station was located at the site of what is now a private business (as of 2017, The Paper Store) on Nason St. Work was continued by the Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.), which also installed a new fire alarm system with new fire alarm boxes.
  • Sewers and Drains - Maynard MA
    The Civil Works Administration (C.W.A.) and Federal Emergency Relief Administration (F.E.R.A.) constructed drains in Maynard, Massachusetts in 1934. Construction occurred along Florida Rd., Waltham St., and Summer St., and a catch basin was built at Haynes St. Work continued in subsequent years under the Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.).
  • Sidewalks - Maynard MA
    The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (F.E.R.A.) constructed sidewalks along Concord St. in Maynard, Massachusetts in 1934. Work continued in subsequent years with the Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.). The sidewalks, according to the town's Selectmen, "have added greatly to the appearance of the town and safety and comfort of its citizens."
  • Town House (former) Improvements - Maynard MA
    The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (F.E.R.A.) conducted improvement work at what was the Town of Maynard's first owned town hall ("town house") building. The exact location and status of the facility is presently unknown to Living New Deal.
  • Town Hall (Old High School) - Wayland MA
    The historic Wayland Town Hall building was constructed as the town's high school during the Great Depression. It was built as a New Deal project, undertaken with federal Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) funds. The P.W.A. supplied a $30,025 grant for the project, whose total cost was $105,871. Construction occurred between Nov. 1934 and Nov. 1935. The school, designed in Colonial Revival style, was occupied in Sept. 1936. Our primary photo, on display at Wayland Town Hall, shows the building amid extraordinary flooding of the Sudbury River after a historic hurricane in Sept. 1938. (The W.P.A. conducted extensive work helping this region...
  • Overpass Stairs (demolished) - Framingham MA
    In 1934 F.E.R.A. labor undertook and completed the construction of two sets of concrete steps at the Concord Street Overpass over Worcester Road." Living New Deal believes this project to be no longer extant.
  • Framingham Centre Commons Improvements - Framingham MA
    In 1934 F.E.R.A. labor undertook "painting and repairing flagpoles and benches on the Framingham and Framingham Centre Commons."
  • Framingham Commons Improvements - Framingham MA
    In 1934 F.E.R.A. labor undertook "painting and repairing flagpoles and benches on the Framingham and Framingham Centre Commons."
  • Hollis St. Fire Station (former) Additions - Framingham MA
    During 1934 the F.E.R.A "thoroughly renovated and repaired" Framingham's Hollis Street fire station, in addition to constructing "a new brick fireproof fire alarm signal building" in the rear of the station. Later the W.P.A. sponsored a six-room addition to the building: A brick addition, one story in height for a two-car garage, was constructed on the rear end of the Hollis St. Fire Station. Work was begun in December   on an addition to this building to provide an office for the chief and also three additional rooms for the firemen who are on duty at this station. Work on the additions...
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