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Start Year: 1939

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Beacon Homes Public Housing – Laurel MS

Beacon Homes for white families was begun in 1939 with clearance of sub-standard housing. The project included 45 buildings of 3 1/2 and 5 1/2 room units on Beacon Street, now renamed Leontyne Price Boulevard. Designed by architects Landry and… read more

Project type: Public Housing, Civic Facilities
Agency: US Housing Authority (USHA)

NW Cornell Road Tunnel 1 – Portland OR

In 1940 and 1941 respectively, Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers constructed two tunnels approximately a quarter mile apart from one another to improve vehicular movement through Portland’s Forest Park in the city’s west hills. As with the Rocky Butte tunnel,… read more

Project type: Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Infrastructure and Utilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Football Stadium – Hamlin TX

“Jones County, Hamlin – Construct football and baseball fieds, grandstands and bleachers, rock walls and gravel drives in city park; federal funds, $16,706; sponsor’s funds $5,504; workers 48.”

Project type: Stadiums, Athletic Courts and Fields, Parks and Recreation
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

TX-19 Roadside Park – Sulphur Springs TX

Roadside park with two picnic tables and barbecue pits. In addition to the original rock barbecue pits, there are new metals pits near the picnic tables. Text from onsite plaque: The picnic area on SH-19 in Hopkins County is an… read more

Project type: Picnic and Other Facilities, Parks and Recreation
Agency: National Youth Administration (NYA)

School Gymnasium/Auditorium – Moulton TX

The one-story, Art Deco School Gymnasium/Auditorium was erected in Moulton TX in 1939 by the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works. Kai J. Leffland was the Architect and J.E. Dickey the Contractor.

Project type: Gymnasiums, Auditoriums and Arenas, Civic Facilities, Education and Health
Agency: Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works

Bailey Hill Rd. – Farmington ME

According to the town report, one of the several projects the New Deal completed in Farmington was work on Bailey Hill Rd. in 1939. WOODCOCK, OR BAILEY HILL ROAD Paid by town for materials, labor, trucks, arch culvert, etc. $3,049… read more

Project type: Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Infrastructure and Utilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Graeser Park – Robbinsdale MN

Eighty years ago a park was developed by Minnesota Department of Transportation that would become of historic significance some years later. That park is Graeser Park, named after Carl Graeser, designer of State Highway 100, aka Beltline and Lilac Parkway…. read more

Project type: Picnic and Other Facilities, Parks and Recreation
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Amador County Courthouse (former) – Jackson CA

The Amador County courthouse and Hall of Records in Jackson CA was rebuilt in 1939-40 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).  The previous courthouse and Hall of Records on the site, built side by side in 1863, were completely remodeled… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, Courthouses (State & Local)
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

School Gymnasium – Moran TX

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built a school gymnasium in Moran TX in 1939. Rubble rock construction was ongoing in 1939. Proj. No. 665-66-2-63. Excerpt from article published in the Abilene Reporter-News, 9/20/1938: “Moran Votes Today on School Bonds. Qualified tax-paying… read more

Project type: Education and Health, Gymnasiums
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

School Improvements – Rising Star TX

The Works Progress Administration conducted improvement work at the Rising Star School in Rising Star, Texas, in 1939. According to the Abilene Reporter-News, “Rising Star School Gets WPA Allotment RISING STAR, April 12.– Announcement was received here today that $18,933 had… read more

Project type: Education and Health, Schools
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)
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