Survival: No Longer Extant

The brick "restrained Colonial Revival style" (Van West, 2001, p. 148) two-story apartment complex contained 48 units for African-Americans. Constructed at the same time as the Robert E. Lee Homes for whites, both complexes were funded for a total of $607,000. The facility was demolished in 2008 in order to construct new housing.

The Legion post was constructed 1934 with $2,900 allotment from the federal Civil Works Administration (CWA) and $2,000 from the Legionnaires, who also contributed the lot. The facility was destroyed by fire following repairs after it was used to house flood victims in the 1937 flood. A new facility was erected on the site of the former building.

"The original tenement "House in the Woods" burned down and the second "House in the Woods" was built in 1939 by Franklin Delano Roosevelt's WPA. The new "House in the Woods" was made of logs with two large open fireplaces." "When the "House in the Woods" was removed in 1968 it was situated near the Farber Health Center. It was torn down unsentimentally to make room for Langdale..."

The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) began construction on "a collegiate-sized pool with underwater lighting and an adjacent bath house" in 1936 at what is now Valdosta State University. The school was completed by the state in 1938.  The exact position of the pool on the campus is unknown to Living New Deal; the pool has since been replaced.

Elmira, New York's former Nick Street, which no longer exists, was repaved by the federal Civil Works Administration (CWA) in 1934. "Another project approved is the repaving of Nicks Street, which connects State Street and Exchange Place in the rear of stores on East Water Street. The stones will be removed and relaid on a new foundation." State Street, replaced by Route 14, no longer exists in this location; Exchange Place and Nicks Street have both been removed as well. However, old municipal maps, such as the one shown on this page, present the area in question with all relevant streets intact.

The 96-unit public housing was constructed for African-Americans during the Great Depression. It was demolished following damage from a tornado in 2003.

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built a seawall along the Pacific Coast Highway north of Ventura. The original was a rubble wall type of construction, but it has recently been replaced by a concrete wall.  Harland George Voight, a farmer from Nebraska, migrated to California after locusts destroyed his crop during the Great Depression. Upon finding no private work he joined the CCC and was stationed in Ventura County. One of the projects he helped to build was the seawall.      

The John Gaston Hospital was constructed during the Great Depression in Memphis, Tennessee with the assistance of funds provided by the Public Works Administration (PWA). "With the Gaston inheritance, $300,000 from the city , $100,000 from the county , and a grant from the Public Works Administration, the Memphis City Hospital generated $800,000" (Regional One Health). The new Gaston Hospital was opened in 1936 to replace the Memphis General Hospital, and demolished in 1990 in order to expand the newer facilities of the Regional One Health Medical Center.

One of Memphis' first two public housing ventures was Dixie Homes, built for African American residents, after the Memphis Housing Authority was established in 1935. "Memphis became the second city in the nation, following New York, to establish a local housing authority" following the establishment of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) in 1934. Consisting of 633 units, the project cost $3,400,000 for both facilities--the first was constructed for whites in keeping with the South's segregation policies. Dixie Homes was constructed following demolition of the Quimby Bayou swamp area slums, and was designed in the two-story, commons area block-style meant to encourage...

The Federal Emergency Relief Administration was associated with the construction of a large stone hangar, since demolished, at Black Hills Airport, also known as Clyde Ice Field.