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  • Lowery Field - Birmingham AL
    Lowery Field is a multi-use recreation field with 4 baseball diamonds, a football field, a basketball court and a playground. The state archives show a picture baseball field that was built by the Civil Works Administration or Alabama Relief Administration.
  • Lyons Park Tennis Courts - Mobile AL
    The Works Progress Administration built tennis courts in Lyons Park in Mobile. The park is still in service today under the name Lyons Park Tennis Center.
  • Main Street Improvements - Columbia AL
    The Works Progress Administration carried out improvement work on Main Street in Columbia.  
  • Main Street Improvements - Gadsden AL
    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) resurfaced Main Street in Gadsden in 1937.
  • Malaria Control Concrete Drainage - Brewton AL
    The Works Progress Administration built concrete and riprap, malaria control drainage ditches within the Brewton city limits. The project built approximately 110,000 liner feet of drainage throughout Escambia County. Along Burnt Corn Creek, adjacent to the Brewton city limit, the WPA built 1,500 linear feet of drainage (pictured). The approximate cost of the entire program was $47,000.00.
  • Mobile Regional Airport Development - Mobile AL
    Multiple New Deal agencies were involved in the development of what is now known as Mobile Regional Airport. The Works Progress Administration built runways; and the Civil Works Administration oversaw the construction of terminal buildings and hangars.
  • Monte Sano State Park Cottages - Huntsville AL
    "Monte Sano State Park is a 2,140-acre (866 ha) mountaintop retreat located in Huntsville, Alabama. It has 1930s Civilian Conservation Corps rustic cottages, built during the Great Depression, and a prime location with hiking trails overlooking scenic views, picnic areas, and modern campsites. The park officially opened August 25, 1938."
  • Moundville Archaeological Park Museum - Moundville AL
    "Opened and dedicated on May 16, 1939 at what was then known as “Mound State Monument,” built with labor from the Civilian Conservation Corps. In 1999, The University of Alabama Museums began a comprehensive effort to rebuild and redefine the museum, resulting in a $5 million renovation completed in 2010. Today, the museum combines the latest technology with more than 200 stunning artifacts to describe one of the most significant Native American archaeological sites in the United States. Outside, visitors are greeted by symbols of the Native American culture mounted on enormous wooden heraldic poles. Inside, visitors will find life-size...
  • Municipal Airport Facilities - Tuscaloosa AL
    The Works Progress Administration built a hangar and administration building for the municipal airport in Tuscaloosa, now known as Tuscaloosa Regional Airport.
  • 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.
  • Municipal Garage - Carbon Hill AL
    The Federal Emergency Relief Administration built a municipal garage in Carbon Hill. The exact location and condition of the structure is unknown to the Living New Deal.
  • Municipal Improvements - Brookside AL
    The Civil Works Administration conducted a municipal improvement project in Brookside, Alabama. Work began Nov. 24, 1933. CWA Project No. 37-C-370: completed; "streets, sidewalks & drains".
  • 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.
  • National Guard Squadron Facility, Municipal Airport - Birmingham AL
    The Works Progress Administration built a National Guard Squadron facility at the Municipal Airport in Birmingham, in 1936.
  • New Castle Road - New Castle AL
    The Alabama Relief Administration/Civil Works Administration paved 3.7 miles of road in New Castle AL. "Probably the most important single piece of work was the paving of the above road, which is 3.7 miles in length. This road is a heavily traveled feeder road connecting with United States Highway Number 31 at Lewisburg and serves the mining community in the neighborhood of New Castle and the farming section North of New Castle, and leads up into Blount County." "This was formerly a macadam road which was graded and reworked. A limestone base was laid and then consolidated with road machine and left...
  • New Castle to Croston Farm-to-Market Roads - Birmingham AL
    The Works Progress Administration built a farm-to-market road connecting Croston with New Castle, in the vicinity of Birmingham. The road was “farm-to-market type with stone bridge, no cars.”
  • Oak Hill Cemetery Improvements - Birmingham AL
    The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted improvement work at Oak Hill Cemetery in Birmingham, Alabama.
  • Old State Bank Restoration - Decatur AL
    The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) provided funds for the restoration of the Old State Bank building on Wilson Street in 1936. The building then became known as Leila Cantwell Seton Hall, though that designation has been largely dropped.
  • Owens Cross Roads Road Improvements - Fairhope AL
    The Works Progress Administration carried out road improvement work in Owens Cross Roads in Madison County. The work consisted of “three-way paving at Huntsville and Marshall county line 17.2 miles.”
  • Oxmoor Road Improvements - Homewood AL
    The Civil Works Administration conducted improvement work on Oxmoor Road in Homewood, Alabama. CWA Project No. 37-C-99. Work began Jan. 8, 1934; 60% complete as of Mar. 31, 1934.
  • 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.
  • Philpot Ave. Improvements - Selma AL
    WPA Project No. 645-61-2-87, Application date 10/12/38, $10,806, Total Funds $12,789, Average Employed 68, "Install auxiliary lateral sewers, with manholes and other necessary appurtenances, on Philpot Avenue in the City of Selma, Dallas County, and perform work incidental and appurtenant thereto. City-owned property. No taxes or assessments will levied to cover the amount of Federal funds expended on this project. In addition to projects specifically approved."
  • Post Office - Atmore AL
    The historic post office in Atmore, Alabama was constructed in 1935 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in use today.
  • Post Office - Carrollton AL
    The historic Carrollton post office building was constructed in 1940 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building still houses the post office today, as well as a mural by Stuart Purser.
  • Post Office - Eutaw AL
    The historic post office in Eutaw, Alabama was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building is still in use today.
  • Post Office - Fairfield AL
    The post office in Fairfield was completed in 1937 with funds provided by the Treasury Department. It is also the site of Frank and Mary Anderson's 1938 mural, "Spirit of Steel," painted with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts and viewable in the lobby.
  • Post Office - Greensboro AL
    The historic post office in Greensboro, Alabama was constructed in 1937 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building is still in service today.
  • Post Office - Luverne AL
    The historic post office in Luverne, Alabama was constructed in 1940 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in use today.
  • Post Office - Marion AL
    The historic post office in Marion, Alabama was constructed ca. 1934-5 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building is still in service today.
  • Post Office - Monroeville AL
    The historic post office in Monroeville, Alabama was constructed in 1937-8 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service today.  
  • Post Office - Montevallo AL
    The historic post office in Montevallo, Alabama was constructed in 1937 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork inside, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is still in use today.
  • Post Office - Piedmont AL
    The historic post office in Piedmont, Alabama was constructed in 1940 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building is still in service today.
  • Post Office - Russellville AL
    The historic post office in Russellville, Alabama was constructed in 1940 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service today.
  • Post Office - Scottsboro AL
    The historic post office in Scottsboro, Alabama was constructed in 1938 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses New Deal artwork inside, is still in use today.
  • Post Office (former) - Guntersville AL
    The historic post office in Guntersville, Alabama was constructed in 1940 with federal Treasury Department funds. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, "he last day of postal service in this building was July 7, 2007. The new post office opened on July 9th." The Depression-era facility houses an example of New Deal artwork inside. The building's present use is unknown to Living New Deal.
  • Post Office (former) - Roanoke AL
    The former post office building, at the northwest corner of Main St. and Trammell St., was constructed in 1940 as a Federal Works Agency project with Treasury Department funds. The building is now privately owned.
  • Post Office (former) - Tuscumbia AL
    Built in 1936 with Treasury funding. The former post office is now the Tuscumbia City Hall and Municipal Court.
  • Post Office (former) - Tuskegee AL
    The historic New Deal post office in Tuskegee was built in 1935. It now serves as an arts center.
  • Post Office (former) Mural - Guntersville AL
    The oil-on-canvas mural "Indians Receiving Gifts from the Spanish" was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. The New Deal work was painted by Charles Russell Hardman and installed in the lobby of the historic Guntersville post office. As of July 2007, when a new post office was constructed in Guntersville, the old post office sits vacant.
  • Post Office (former) Mural - Oneonta AL
    Section of Fine Arts mural entitled "Local Agriculture--A.A.A 1939" painted by Aldis Browne in 1939. It still hangs in the old post office, now used by the Board of Education. "Browne's Oneonta panel depicts a series of local scenes, all of them suggestions from the people of Oneonta. Also noteworthy about the Oneonta mural was the working method used by Browne. He came to Oneonta from Connecticut and painted the work directly on the wall to the delight of the local citizens, who apparently came by daily to inspect his progress. Browne reported to the Section office that he was "nuts"...
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