Start Year: 1936

A water treatment / disposal facility was constructed in Auburn, New York as part of a sizable New Deal project. The Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) supplied a $353,421 grant for the project, whose total cost was $809,624. Construction occurred in 1936-7. P.W.A. Docket No. 1057

The Perkinsville Bridge over Verde River in Arizona was built with the help of the New Deal.  Perkinsville was the site of a quarry at the time that shipped lime to the cement plant at Clarksdale; it is a ghost town today. The Perkinsville Bridge was built in 1936 by the Arizona Highways Department using relief workers hired out of transient (homeless) camps along the Verde River, with the aid of Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) funds (probably via the Arizona Relief Administration).  The design was done by Arizona Highways Bridge Engineer Ralph Hoffman, basically a concrete base on which the steel...

In 1936, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) built a bridge on E. Willis Street across a small wash just east of N. Virginia Street in Prescott AZ.  It is a short bridge made of concrete and local stone, in typical WPA rustic style.  The downstream side (north) has a long channel, presumably to prevent erosion of the banks. The WPA project card in the National Archives is mislabeled as the Virginia Street bridge – an understandable error, given that there are two WPA bridges, one on West Willis and one on East Willis Street (the Virginia Street bridge is not actually...

Once known as the Wish-I-Ah Healthcare & Wellness Centre, this nursing home was built in 1928 as a sanatorium for tuberculosis by Fresno County and was sold to become a private care center for the aged when T.B. virtually disappeared in the 1940's. The WPA got involved in February 1936 by hiring a "graduate nurse from relief roll to assist Supt. and Medical Director of Wish-i-ah Sanitorium, to assemble data and keep records pertaining to tuberoulin as a diagnostic measure." WPA project 0412-345 $525. The WPA also engaged in construction work "on Co. Rd. to Tuburcular Sanatorium near Auberry. To improve...

The Works Progress Administration built an addition for the Crichton Elementary School in Mobile. The architect of record was Fred W. Clarke. The school was permanently closed. The current state of the structure is unknown to the Living New Deal.

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built dormitories for the Alabama Polytechnic Institute (Auburn University).

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built an Outdoor Amphitheater for the Alabama Polytechnic Institute (Auburn University). The amphitheater was built for the Agricultural Training camp. Granite cobblestones retrieved after the WPA paved the streets of Montgomery were used for the structure.  

"Work began on the present WPA barracks at Jonesville in February of 1936; the post was completed in October of 1937."

The Works Progress Administration built a total of five buildings for the State Training School for Girls in Chalkville, near Birmingham. The facilities included an administration building, hospital, clinic, and a swimming pool. The estimated federal cost was $179,072.00. The exact location and condition of the structure is unknown to the Living New Deal.

The historic post office in Hastings MN was constructed in 1936-7 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.