Start Year: 1935

In May 1935, The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) began building housing and auxiliary structures in Goliad for CCC Company 3822(V), a military veterans unit. Built on land that belonged jointly to the city and the county, the camp consisted of forty cottage-style barracks, each to house six men, and nine larger buildings that included a wood shop and metal shop. The camp opened in August 1935, and housed former military enrollees veterans of the Spanish American War, the Boxer Rebellion in China, and World War I. According to a 2001 National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: "The Goliad Camp was...

The Onamia Municipal Hall in Onamia, MN, was built in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration. The building housed a community room, a council chamber, the jail, and the fire hall. The town first tried to obtain funding for a community hall from the Federal Emergency Relief Administration. The project was estimated at $8,500 and was turned down. According to a 1985 National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form, "nterest in a community hall project was revived following the establishment of the Works Progress Administration in 1935. New, lower estimates of construction costs were obtained. These estimates, along with the possibility that the...

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) made improvements to Camp Ben McCulloch in 1935. The WPA cleared the grounds and created a network of dirt-packed roads leading from the highway to the campgrounds. They modified the open sided gathering hall built in 1904 with a stone facade with a faux cornice to resemble entering a building. The current bathroom was built as a shelter by the WPA and converted to bathrooms in the 1970s. Camp Ben McCulloch was organized in the summer of 1896 as a reunion camp for Confederate veterans and named for Brigadier General Benjamin McCulloch, who was killed at...

The post office in Danvers, Massachusetts was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which was constructed between 1935 and 1937, and houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

1935 Report of the Livermore Falls Water District With the aid of a W.P.A. project much necessary work is being done removing bushes and waste matter around the shore. 1936 Report of the Livermore Falls Water District Recognizing the fact that much better service should be given to certain localities in our Town and in the village of Chisholm where water is used from our High Pressure System both for Domestic and Fire Protection your Trustees were fortunate to get through a W. P. A. Project to install 2500 feet of 8 inch pipe beginning at the 12 inch main at Spring Street and...

The Public Works Administration funded the construction of the Dade County Courthouse in Greenfield. The courthouse was designed in Classical Revival Style by the architectural firm of Fred C. Bonsack and Harvey J. Pearce, from St. Louis. The contractor was C F Rinehart Construction Company of St. Louis. "The Public Works Administration (PWA) provided a $32,108 grant for construction of the Date County courthouse in Greenfield, Missouri. Total cost of the project was $117,960. Construction occurred between 1934 and 1936. PWA Docket No. MO 4610"  

The WPA undertook a tree-planting project from Nov. 15 to Dec. 10, 1935 in Scarsdale, New York. The WPA appropriated $1,422 for labor. The project was recommended by the Village Engineer and planning board.

The Jasper County Jail in Jasper, Texas was built by the Works Progress Administration under project number 65-66-3047. The building is currently the Jasper County Historical Commission Office and Library.

Rushsylvania School #3 (a.k.a. Buckeye Local High School, and Benjamin Logan Junior High School #1) in Rushsylvania, Ohio was constructed in 1935-6 as a New Deal project, with funds from the Public Works Administration (PWA). The PWA provided a $34,022 grant for the project, whose total cost was $116,739. The building was demolished in 1996. PWA Docket No. OH 9075

Monroeville School #2 was constructed in 1935-6 as a New Deal project, with funds from the Public Works Administration (PWA). The PWA provided an $87,500 loan and a $36,845 grant for the project, whose total cost was $136,499. The facility, which has since been expanded multiple times, is still in service. PWA Docket No. OH 8908