Start Year: 1935

A waterworks construction project in Lewisburg, West Virginia was undertaken with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $26,820 loan and $9,680 grant toward the $34,870 eventual total cost of the project. Work occurred between Feb. and Aug. 1935. PWA Docket No. 4729

A waterworks construction project in Glasgow, West Virginia was undertaken with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $22,000 loan and $7,225 grant toward the $28,415 eventual total cost of the project. Work occurred between Jan. and May 1935. PWA Docket No. 2436

A waterworks construction project in Clay, West Virginia was undertaken with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $20,000 loan and $16,039 grant toward the $35,709 eventual total cost of the project. Work occurred between Oct. 1935 and Mar. 1936. PWA Docket No. 2222

A waterworks construction project in Peterstown, West Virginia was undertaken with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $24,000 loan and $9,637 grant toward the $33,169 eventual total cost of the project. Work occurred between Jan. and May 1935. PWA Docket No. 1947

A waterworks construction project in Hurricane, West Virginia was undertaken with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $38,000 loan and $12,900 grant toward the $50,513 eventual total cost of the project. Work occurred between Jun. and Dec. 1935. PWA Docket No. 1426

A waterworks construction project in Belington, West Virginia was undertaken with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $34,500 loan and $11,103 grant toward the $43,229 eventual total cost of the project. Work occurred between Feb. and Sept. 1935. PWA Docket No. 989

The historic former Municipal Building ("Town Hall") in Front Royal, Virginia was built with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $10,707 grant for the project, whose total cost was $38,235. Construction occurred between June 1935 and early 1936. A plaque on the building offers more information about the its functions and history. PWA Docket No. 5744

What is now the Downtown Station post office at 118 North Main Street in Blacksburg, Virginia was constructed in 1935 as the city's main post office, with Treasury Department funds.

Virginia Tech's Eggleston Hall dormitory was constructed in stages, as part of two Public Works Administration (PWA) projects during the Great Depression. Main Eggleston Hall (440 Drillfield Drive) was constructed first and completed in 1935. Main Eggleston was one of four buildings on the campus completed as part of a massive PWA-sponsored project that cost $1.2 million (PWA Docket No. VA 1790). Its wings: East Eggleston Hall (410 Drillfield Drive) and West Eggleston Hall (500 Drillfield Drive) were added later, in 1940. Plaques along their respective walls where the buildings are connected to Main Eggleston Hall identify both wings as part of...

The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) funded the Ephraim Fire House in Ephraim WI in 1935. Unusual fire house built into a cliff. Architect was William Bernhard, a student of Frank Lloyd Wright. Now a museum and a memorial to fall firemen and women. According to the Wisconsin Historical Society, "The Ephraim Engine House was constructed of local limestone in 1935 following a design by prominent local architect William Bernhard. Construction of the building relied on funds provided by FERA. As such, although Bernhard drew the plans for the structure in 1934, construction did not begin until April of 1935, when FERA funds...