Survival: No Longer Extant

The Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.) developed the remarkable (former) bathhouse and pool facility at Tucumcari Metropolitan Park, a.k.a. Five Mile Park, in Tucumcari, New Mexico. The pool was advertised as the largest in the Southwest. NRHP nomination form: The bathhouse is a one-story building with a concrete foundation, brown stucco over adobe walls, and a flat asphalt roof. The L-plan building incorporates many of the Spanish-Pueblo Revival Style's defining details including a modest irregular massing of horizontal planes, slightly battered walls, exposed beams, or vigas, drainage ducts, or canales, a long portal supported by heavy wood posts with corbels, and lintels above paired...

A field house construction project in Kermit, Texas was undertaken in 1938-9 with Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) funds. The P.W.A. provided a $57,043 grant for the project, whose total cost was $127,845. According to 1946 maps of the community the school was located on the west side of S. Oak St. between W. Campbell St. and W. Bryan St. P.W.A. Docket No. TX 2171

The former Mark Twain Memorial Bridge, spanning the Mississippi River between Hannibal, Missouri and Illinois, was constructed as a Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) project. The P.W.A. supplied a $357,000 loan and $169,507 grant for the project, whose total cost was $721,505. Construction occurred between Oct. 1934 and Jul. 1936. A preserved portion of the old Mark Twain Memorial Bridge remains on the west bank of the Mississippi River in the Cardiff Hill Overlook Park, A plaque exists in some concrete railing preserved in place and notes its Federal Emergency funding and was Project No. 3624. The bridge was formally dedicated by...

Located on private land about 5 miles east of War and on the edge of Cucumber (town, likely a coal camp at one point) in McDowell County along WV Route 16. Occupied on 11 July 1935 with CCC Company 3538-C. The C at the end notes this was a colored CCC camp. McDowell county was a heavily black community noting several entries in the Negro Green Book for decades. This is the only black CCC Company to serve in West Virginia although they worked also at S-77 (Camp Carver/Panther State Forest) and S-76 (Camp Kanawha). This camp worked on fire protection and...

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) developed the former Quabbin Reservoir Precision Bombing and Gunnery Range. The range was used prior to the filling of the reservoir. WPA project details: "New Salem: Range. Construct bombing and ground gunnery range" Official Project Number: 265‐3‐14‐38 Total project cost: $265‐3‐14‐38 Sponsor: Commanding Officer, Westover Field, U.S. Army

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted substantial improvement work at the historic Commonwealth Armory. The facility was demolished in 2002. The details—including description, Official Project Numbers, total costs, and sponsors—of more than a dozen W.P.A. projects undertaken at the armory can be found in the DoD Heritage Assessment cited below.

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted improvement work at the historic armory building in Lowell, Mass. Since demolished, the site of the old armory is now known as Armory Park. WPA project details: "Armory buildings, facilities, and grounds" Official Project Number: 665‐14‐2‐1005 Total project cost: $31,441.00 Sponsor: Quartermaster's Department, Massachusetts National Guard "Improve Armory" Sponsor: Massachusetts National Guard, Quartermaster's Department

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted improvement work at the historic (and since demolished) armory building in Lawrence, Mass. The project called for called for "Alterations and repairs to Armory." The armory was located on "Amesbury Street, between Essex and Methuen Streets ..."

The W.P.A. conducted improvement work at Lockwood Basin in East Boston, Mass. W.P.A. project details: "Improvements at Boston Navy Yard, So. Boston Annex, and Lockwood Basin" Official Project Number: 154‐3‐14‐529 Total project cost: $568,252.00 Sponsor: U.S. Navy Department "Improvements at Boston Navy Yard, So. Boston Annex, and Lockwood Basin" Official Project Number: 165‐2‐14‐426 Total project cost: $179,140.00 Sponsor: U.S. Navy Department

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) worked to improve a municipal airport for Worcester, Mass. It is unclear whether this site is what is now Worcester Regional Airport, or a since-eliminated facility in North Grafton, Mass. Living New Deal suspects that it's the latter facility , given as Worcester Regional Airport construction is said to have not started until 1944; at that point in time the WPA had been liquidated. WPA project details: "Improve airport" Official Project Number: 165‐1‐14‐486 Total project cost: $262,563.00 Sponsor: Mayor, City of Worcester