Start Year: 1936

The Greenwood high school for African American students was located in what was known as the Stone Street School complex. The building finishes included both marblework and mosaic (MDAH). The architect of record was Robert James Moor. Moor received the Public Works Administration (PWA) work order on February 1, 1936 and work began on February 10th. Construction was executed by J. R. Flint Construction and J. D. Lanham received the contract for plumbing, heating, and wiring. The project was funded by a PWA grant following fire damage to the former high school building, which burned in 1934. The project included an auditorium and...

The Public Works Administration (PWA) project W1067 was "to build, equip school addition" (PWA Projects, 1935, p. 10), an Art Deco gymnasium for the Pace Consolidated School. The project received a $20,000 loan and a $16,515 grant and was approved on September 9, 1935. Construction began on April 6, 1936 and was completed on November 7, 1936 for a total of $37,860. Architects N. W. Overstreet and A. H. Town designed the building, constructed by Salley and Ellis.

The Second Street bridge over the Sunflower River was constructed in 1936 as Public Works Administration project W1051. Pigford Brothers of Meridian, Mississippi constructed the bridge. The bridge was a modern concrete bridge, 500 feet long, 30 feet wide, and with a 5-foot sidewalks on each side of the roadway. It had "more architectural detailing" (Sunflower Bridge to be completed August 15, p. 1) than the Tenth Street Bridge, also constructed by Pigford a few years earlier. Twelve 500-candlepower electric lamps lighted the bridge. The project employed 50 local men. Clarksdale City Engineer Walter Bobo and Coahoma County Engineer Ben...

The historic post office building in Delphi, Indiana was constructed in 1936 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building is still in service.

The Works Progress Administration carried out road improvement work around the Veterans Hospital in Boise, between 1936-1937.

The records building housing the Illinois State Archives, now known as the Margaret Cross Norton Building, was built during the 1930s with New Deal funds. SJ-R.com: “A bunch of World War I records were burned up ,” said David Joens, director of the Illinois State Archives. “The archivist at the time, Margaret Cross Norton, who was the first director of the State Archives and a real leader in the archives field, had been lobbying to get our own archives building and that certainly served as the impetus to get it.” The building was constructed for $820,000, with help of $500,000 the state...

The 1936 Wayne County Courthouse was completed with a Public Works Administration grant (W1041) of $45,000 towards the $100,000 building. E. L. Malvaney designed the 51 x 110 foot Art Deco style building constructed of gray brick with stone trim and steel sash. I. C. Garbor and Son were the construction company. The top floor of the 4-story building contained a "modern, escape-proof jail" ("New Wayne County Courthouse Awaits Dedication") and the interior was trimmed with red gum. Heating and plumbing was done by S. S. Richard Heating and Plumbing, and electric by Short Electric Company. The courtrooms contained 300...

The two-story jail was completed in 1936 for a total cost of $27,453. Public Works Administration provided a grant of $12,310 and Rankin County provided the remainder through a bond election. The project, W1159, was approved November 14, 1935, and bids advertised in November. Contracts were awarded December 14, 1935. The Mississippi Department of Archives and History documents N. W. Overstreet & A. H. Town as architects. The Jackson Clarion-Ledger (Nov 1, 1936) identified E. L. Malvaney as architect and I. C. Garbor and Sons construction. Construction began March 9, 1936 and was completed September 22, 1936. The jail was...

The 1936 high school was designed by E. L. Malvaney, and constructed by Walter L. Perry Construction Company. Mississippi project W1034 provided a $40,909 grant and the city funded the remainder of the total cost of $92,437. Construction began March 25, 1936 and was completed January 20, 1937. The school was demolished at some point, but the concrete bas relief panels--found on many of E. L. Malvaney's Mississippi schools, were salvaged and erected at the back of the new school.

According to a Works Progress Administration index card $1,580 was spent to "Improve cemetery on Elm Avenue south of Easton in Fresno County. Work to include trimming, clearing and removing trees, landscaping and grading, together with work incidental thereto. The sponsor is a political subdivision of the state. In addition to projects specifically approved. Washington Colony Cemetery District owned property." The sponsors contribution was $306. The job was begun Dec. 17, 1936, took 2 months to complete and employed 12 people.