• Drains - Nome AK
    The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) conducted numerous projects in Nome, Alaska, including construction of drains. Per The Nome Nugget: The Nome Committee of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration is still carrying on work in Nome. About ten men are at work constructing a main drain from First Avenue on the corner by the Office of Indian Affairs north to the corner by the U. S. Weather Bureau blocks away. At present the men are digging a ditch for the placing of the drain which is made of wood. A steam boiler is being used to thaw frozen ground. This work is being...
  • Municipal Improvements - Nome AK
    Multiple New Deal agencies conducted municipal improvement projects in Nome, Alaska. The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted did the following, per The Nome Nugget: Through ... the Civil Work Administration, Nome is daily bring improved and plans are being carried out thru the Alaska Road Commission to repair municipal buildings, clean necessary thoroughfares and gravel public property of value for purposes of fire-prevention and safety. The paper also refers to a water project: The fresh water project of the CWA has been completed and gives every appearance of being an extremely beneficial piece of work. The CWA was succeeded by the Federal Emergency Relief...
  • Nome City Field Airport - Nome AK
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) supplied labor toward the construction of an a "landing field out in front of Nome," a likely reference to what is now Nome City Field Airport.
  • Post Office and Courthouse (former) - Nome AK
    Nome, Alaska's old post office and courthouse was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds and opened in 1938. The building, which still stands, is located along Front Street adjacent to Federal Way. It has since been heavily modified and is privately owned.