“This school is constructed of buff-colored brick, with darker tan brick around window and entrance openings. The rounded brick walls at the entrance gives the building an Art Deco look. The school was part of a WPA project funded in… read more
According to Medford, New York’s Mid-Island Mail, a WPA sidewalk project in Mastic, New York, “consists of 1,200 lineal feet of walk on the north side of Montauk highway, from Fulton avenue to Dana avenue; 1,620 lineal feet of walk… read more
According to Medford, New York’s Mid-Island Mail, a WPA project in Stony Brook, New York, consisted of the construction of “9,000 lineal feet of sidewalk, 300 lineal feet of curb and gutter, 650 lineal feet of retaining wall and three… read more
According to a plaque outside its front entrance, the Napoleon Middle School Gymnasium was constructed in 1939 “from the proceeds of a parish wide bond issue and a P.W.A. grant.”
This Section of Fine Arts mural, entitled “Will Rogers,” was painted by Randall Davey in 1939. The mural was originally installed in the old (now destroyed) post office in Claremore OK. It has since been restored and is now situated… read more
“Captain Lemuel Moody (1768-1846) ordered construction of this octagonal, 86-foot high tower to serve as a communication station for Portland’s bustling harbor. In 1807, ships entering the harbor could not be seen from the docks of Portland until they rounded… read more
Multiple websites report an unusual WPA project that took place in rural Texas: “Archeological digs employed WPA labor, including [the] excavation at the site of the Odessa meteor crater in Ector County, Texas.” (Marist) “[I]nterest [in the site] swelled after… read more
The current Washington County Courthouse in Brenham, Texas is the fourth courthouse constructed for the county. Architect Travis Broesche designed the 3-1/2 story building in an Art Deco style with a limestone veneer over structural steel. The courthouse was built… read more
The WPA worked to replace a bridge across the Quogue Canal that was destroyed by a hurricane in 1938. Sayville’s Suffolk County News reported in Nov. 1939 that work was “progressing satisfactorily,” with the “principal concrete of the substructure …… read more
Sayville’s Suffolk County News reported that the construction of “approximately two miles of sidewalks at East Moriches,” New York, was a town-sponsored WPA project. The Federal government was expected to contribute about $18,000 toward the project. The project included sidewalk… read more