• Carver High School - Gadsden AL
    The Public Works Administration funded the construction of the Carver High School for African American students in Gadsden.
  • City Auditorium - Gadsden AL
    The Public Works Administration funded the construction of the Municipal Auditorium in Gadsden.  
  • City Water Intake - Gadsden AL
    The Works Progress Administration built a water intake for the city of Gadsden, circa 1937. The exact location and condition of this facility is unknown to the Living New Deal.
  • Civic Center Lily Pond - Gadsden AL
    The Federal Emergency Relief Administration built a lily pond in the Civic Center in Downtown Gadsden, circa 1937.
  • Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse Extension - Gadsden AL
    Originally the Gadsden post office, this Beaux-Arts-style building was constructed in 1909. The post office was twice extended, first in 1915 and again, during the New Deal, in 1937. Louis A. Simon was the Supervising Architect of the second extension. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 3, 1976. The building is still in use by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, and it no longer serves as a post office.
  • Forrest Cemetery Chapel - Gadsden AL
    "FORREST CEMETERY CHAPEL, inside the main gate of Forrest Cemetery, W. side of 15th St. between Walnut and Chestnut Sts., was constructed as a WPA project. It was built by 20 workers who were unskilled at the beginning in this work but who completed it as trained stonemasons. Modeled after an English parish church of the twelfth century, the chapel has been appraised at $25,000, yet the total cost of materials was relatively small. Cement and windows were the only materials purchased; light fixtures, woodwork, and hardware came from WPA woodshops, and stone from a near-by quarry. The doors and...
  • Gadsden Municipal Amphitheater - Gadsden AL
    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the Gadsden Municipal Amphitheater in 1935. Built from locally sourced stone, the facility was designed by Alabama architect Paul W. Hofferbert. The WPA cost was $17,316.00. The structure is still in service today and was renamed Mort Glosser Amphitheater. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
  • Main Street Improvements - Gadsden AL
    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) resurfaced Main Street in Gadsden in 1937.
  • 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.