• Hammonassett Beach Improvements - Madison CT
    "The shoreline parks: Hammonassett Beach, Sherwood Island and Rocky Neck were all completed during this time period as WPA projects."   (waymarking.com) "Though the park was heavily damaged by the hurricane on September 21, 1938, the park reopened the following summer after extensive restoration by the federal government's Works Progress Administration (WPA)."   (https://connecticutexplored.org) Additionally, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp Chapman undertook "construction of a new entrance road for Hammonasset Beach State Park."
  • Post Office - Madison CT
    The historic post office in Madison, Connecticut was constructed with Treasury Department funds and completed in 1940. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in use today.
  • Post Office Mural - Madison CT
    Section of Fine Arts mural entitled "Gathering Seaweed from the Sound" painted in 1940 by William Abbott Cheever.