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  • Municipal Auditorium - Jasper AL
    The Works Progress Administration built the City Auditorium adjacent to Town Creek Park in Jasper. The structure is made of stone masonry with a concrete shingles roof.
  • National Guard Armory - Gadsden AL
    The Works Progress Administration built the National Guard Armory in Gadsden. The armory was located between Riverside Drive and Cherry Street east of South 1st Street, north of Hughes Cemetery, and has since been demolished.
  • Crichton Elementary School (former) Addition - Mobile AL
    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.
  • Birmingham National Guard Armory (demolished) - Birmingham AL
    The Works Progress Administration built a new National Guard Armory in Birmingham. According to BHAM Wiki: "The Graymont Armory was an Alabama National Guard armory located at 210 Graymont Avenue in McLendon Park near Legion Field in Birmingham's Graymont neighborhood." The structure has since been demolished.
  • Wertz Field (demolished) Improvements - Institute WV
    The Works Progress Administration extended and built additional facilities for the Wertz Airport in Charleston. The additions included an administration building. The airport serves today under the name Yeager Airport. In 1930 Wertz field was developed in Institute. Operated by West Virginia Airways, Inc the field was named after Charleston Mayor W.W. Wertz. Commercial flight began with American Airlines in 1933 from the same field. The field was a popular site for air shows. The WPA added improvements to the airport with “grading, ditch-digging and other work” by late 1936. Just after this West Virginia State College began the Civilian Pilot Training Program in...
  • State Police Post (demolished) - New Buffalo MI
    Constructed in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), this facility housed the Michigan State Police's New Buffalo Post. The building was completed in 1937; expanded in 1967; later privately owned; and demolished between 2015 and 2017. The facility was located on the south side of U.S. 12, in the sliver of land between that road and E Clay St.—just west of where the roads intersect.
  • State Police Post (demolished) - Battle Creek MI
    Constructed in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), this handsome facility was built as the Michigan State Police's Battle Creek Post. The State Police ceased their operations there in 2012, relocating to Marshall. In 2017 the property was sold to a local business owner, and the building was demolished in March 2018.
  • People's Hospital (demolished) - Jasper AL
    The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) built a hospital in Jasper, ca. 1934. The project was started by the Civil Works Administration (CWA) and completed by ERA. The facility, which was located at Birmingham Ave. and 19th St., has since been demolished.
  • State Police Post (demolished) - St. Clair MI
    Completed in 1938 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the Michigan State Police District 2 post in St. Clair featured a walk-out basement along the St. Clair River. The building, which had been located at 1419 Oakland Ave., has since been demolished.
  • State Police Post (former) - Detroit MI
    Completed in 1937 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), what was originally a Michigan State Police Post, and Second District Headquarters, was located at West Seven Mile Rd. and Grand River Ave. in Detroit, Michigan. The building has been replaced with a facility in Northville, and the WPA-built facility has since been demolished.
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