The present Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling is the site of the former Anacostia US Naval Air Station and the former Bolling Air Field, both founded in 1918. Bolling Field was absorbed into the Naval Air Station in the 1940s and a… read more
In the aftermath of the devastating 1933 Long Beach Earthquake, the Public Works Administration (PWA) helped rebuild this high school. PWA work included the science building and the auditorium. “The size of the stage enables the production of major plays…. read more
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) added a Kindergarten to the Aliso Elementary School in Carpinteria CA. It is unknown to us which part of the present school this is.
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built a hospital for the town of Lindsay CA. The opening ceremony took place in 1941. The hospital closed in 1990 and the city contracted its medical services to Sierra View Hospital District in… read more
The New Deal’s Resettlement Administration (RA) built permanent housing units for migrant farm workers in Farmersville CA in 1938. The exact location is unknown. It is unlikely that these buildings survive.
On October 14, 1938, the Daily Pacific Builder reported that a PWA contract of $63,840 had been awarded for the construction of a boys’ gym at Alhambra City High School. The plans had been prepared by architect John Walker Smart,… read more
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed the domestic science building at Willowbrook Middle School in Compton, CA.
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) completed extensive structural bracing work on Lincoln Junior High School (today’s Lincoln Middle School) in Santa Monica, CA.
The WPA demolished and reconstructed a building at a high school in La Puente. Exact location and current status of the school are unknown. There are currently three high schools in La Puente.
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) improved the Charles H. Lee Elementary School building(s) and graded/leveled the grounds.