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Bastrop-to-Elgin Bridge (former) – Bastrop TX

Hailed as the first major Works Progress Administration (WPA) project completed in Texas, what was then a bridge spanning the Colorado River along the primary link connecting Bastrop and Elgin, located on a farm-to-market road, opened in January 1936. Given… read more

Project type: Roads, bridges, and tunnels, Infrastructure and Utilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Route 207 Development – Silverton TX

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) undertook a “school addition and improvements” project in Silverton, Texas, that was completed in December 1935. The location of the schools is unknown to Living New Deal.

Project type: Education and Health, Schools
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Route 207 Development – Silverton TX

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) undertook a project beginning December 24, 1935 that would employ “16 men for three months” working to develop / improve “an 11-mile road south of Silverton to Floyd County line.”

Project type: Roads, bridges, and tunnels, Infrastructure and Utilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Community Center (demolished) – Hastings FL

Hastings, FL: WPA Community Center

The former Hastings Community Center at 401 North Main Street in Hastings, Florida was constructed as a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project during the Great Depression. The building was designed in the Masonry Vernacular style with Art Deco elements. NRHP… read more

Project type: Community Centers, Civic Facilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Brewster Homes – Detroit MI

The Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects (officially named the Frederick Douglass Homes, and alternately named Frederick Douglass Projects, Frederick Douglass Apartments, Brewster-Douglass Homes, and Brewster-Douglass Projects) were the largest residential housing project owned by the city of Detroit. It was one of… read more

Project type: Public Housing, Civic Facilities
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Boylan Apartments – Raleigh NC

Boylan Apartments, Raleigh, NC

The historic Boylan Apartments complex in Raleigh, North Carolina was constructed in 1935 with federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The three buildings form a ‘U’ shape, surrounding a semi-enclosed courtyard, facing Snow Ave. between Hillsborough St. and W Morgan… read more

Project type: Public Housing, Civic Facilities
Agency: Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)

South Seneca Elementary School – Interlaken NY

South Seneca Elementary School, Interlaken, NY

Originally constructed as the Interlaken Central School, what is now the South Seneca Elementary School in Interlaken, New York was constructed with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The Ithaca Journal: “On June 8, 1934, Interlaken, Ovid,… read more

Project type: Education and Health, Schools
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Rim Trail: Log Benches – Grand Canyon Village AZ

Log bench along Rim Trail

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) conducted extensive development work at Grand Canyon Village,  1933-37. The National Park Service CCC Walking Tour notes that: “While the CCC crews were refurbishing the rock wall [along Rim Trail, in 1935], they also constructed… read more

Project type: Parks and Recreation, Paths and Trails
Agency: Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Rim Trail: Resurfacing – Grand Canyon Village AZ

Rim trail in front of Thunderbird Hotel - Grand Canyon Village AZ

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) conducted extensive development work at Grand Canyon Village, 1933 to 1937, including resurfacing the Rim Trail from roughly Hermit Road to Yavapai Point. The resurfacing extended far beyond the part of the trail in front… read more

Project type: Parks and Recreation, Paths and Trails
Agency: Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

CCC Camp Trask (former) – Tillamook OR

CCC Camp Trask Plaque

From 1935 through May 1941, the area now occupied by the Trask River County Campground served as the site of Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp Trask. The enrollees stationed at the camp worked primarily on truck trail construction and other… read more

Project type: Forestry and Agriculture, Park Roads and Bridges, Parks and Recreation, Picnic and Other Facilities
Agency: Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
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