WPA projects in Jefferson County, Florida included “two three-room and one four-room frame school buildings for Negroes at Monticello, a vocational school at Aucilla, three one-room schools for Negroes in various parts of the county, and five two-room frame school buildings… read more
The Works Progress Administration constructed the Neptune Beach sea wall in Neptune Beach FL. The wall prevented beach erosion and provided protection against high tide. It was completed circa 1938.
Miami’s old Northwest 27th Avenue Bridge was constructed with federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The bridge was completed 1939; however, it was largely replaced upon renovation during the late 1980s. Living New Deal believes the moving bridge is PWA… read more
“One of Florida’s first state parks, O’Leno was first developed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in the 1930s. The suspension bridge built by the CCC still spans the river. Visitors can picnic at one of the pavilions or fish… read more
The Farm Security Administration build this camp in 1939 to house black farm workers from the Caribbean. While there is still housing here, this is no longer a camp.
Florida’s former State Capitol (commonly known as the Old Capitol) received an addition as part of a New Deal Public Works Administration (PWA) project. The enlargement was a wing at the north end of the Capitol. Florida Memory: “The Florida… read more
“Sites of WPA projects to preserve historic shrines include … City Gates, St. Augustine, Florida.”
Originally known as the Roddey Burdine Stadium, the historic former Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida was built with federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds in 1936-1937. The structure was demolished in 2008.
The FERA started and the WPA completed the Orangebrook Golf Course (which has since been expanded).
The Farm Security Administration build this camp for white farm workers about 1939. While there is still housing there, the camp no longer exist.
“The Overseas Highway is a 127.5-mile (205.2 km) highway carrying U.S. Route 1 (US 1) through the Florida Keys. Large parts of it were built on the former right-of-way of the Overseas Railroad, the Key West Extension of the Florida East Coast… read more
“The development of the Pensacola International Airport began during the Great Depression. Conner Hagler, owner of the San Carlos Hotel, and Harry Blanchard, a barnstorming pilot originally from Virginia, bought 504 acres of thick woodland on Skinner’s Mill Road (12th… read more
“Peter O. Knight Airport…is an airport on Davis Islands, five minutes (3 NM or 5.6 km or 3.5 mi[1]) from downtown Tampa, Florida. Built as a Works Progress Administration project, it was Tampa’s main airport from 1935 to 1945, and is still used… read more
The Works Progress Administration built a playground in Miami Springs FL. The location and condition of this facility are unknown to the Living New Deal.
The Arcadia, Florida post office was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1936-7. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in use today.
The historic post office in Jasper, Florida was constructed in 1941 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building houses examples of New Deal artwork and is still in service.
The historic Lake Wales, Florida post office was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds in 1940. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in use today.
The historic post office in Lake Worth, Florida was constructed in 1940 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building is still in service.
The historic post office in Madison, Florida was constructed in 1936 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.
“The Miami Beach Post Office is a historic 1937 Art Moderne U.S. Post Office building in Miami Beach, Florida designed by Howard Lovewell Cheney.” The historic building, which houses examples of New Deal artwork, was constructed with historic Treasury Department… read more
The Starke, Florida post office was constructed with federal funds. The building, which opened in 1941, is still in use today.
The historic former post office building in Cocoa, Florida was constructed in 1939 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building is now home to the State Headquarters of the Florida Historical Society.
The historic former post office building in DeFuniak Springs, Florida was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The New Deal building, which is located at the northwest corner of Highway 90 and 7th St., is now privately owned. An example… read more
The historic Fort Pierce post office and federal building was constructed in 1935 with federal Treasury Department funds. Its construction is sometimes mis-attributed to the WPA. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. While it no… read more
The former post office at 95 N County Road in Palm beach, Florida is a striking example of Spanish Colonial Revival design. It was constructed in 1936-7 with Treasury Department funds and houses examples of New Deal artwork. NRHP nomination… read more
The historic former post office building in Perry, Florida was constructed with Treasury Department funds in a project sponsored by the federal Public Works Administration (PWA). This 1935 building was the only PWA project undertaken in Taylor County. The building… read more
The historic post office in downtown Plant City, Florida was constructed in 1935 with federal Treasury Department funds. Originally the city’s main post office, it became the post office’s Downtown Station. Service was suspended in 2013 and formally discontinued at… read more
Section of Fine Arts “mural entitled “Loading Pulpwood” painted by George Snow Hill in 1941. When a new post office was built, it was moved to the Santa Rosa Historical Society Museum. A fire there in the last few years,… read more
With support from the Treasury Section of Fine Arts, Charles Rosen painted “Seminole Indians” and “Landscape,” a set of three (yes, three) murals for the now-former Palm Beach post office in 1938. Unfortunately the murals are not (as of 2022)… read more
“The David W. Dyer Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, formerly known simply as the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, is an historic United States Post Office and federal courthouse of the United States District Court for the Southern District of… read more
This mural entitled “Scene of Town” was painted in 1942 by Thomas I. Laughlin. It was a winner of the Treasury Section’s 48-State competition. It was moved to the “new” post office in 1989.
The historic Lake Wales post office houses an example of New Deal artwork: a Section of Fine Arts mural entitled “Harvest Time—Lake Wales.” The work was painted by Denman Fink in 1942.
The “Settler Fighting Alligator in Rowboat” mural was installed at the Lake Worth Post Office Mural. According to the Palm Beach Post: “It was painted by Tampa artist Joseph D. Myers under a different program that the Federal Works Agency’s Public… read more
The historic post office in Madison, Florida houses an example of New Deal artwork: “Long Staple Cotton,” an oil-on-canvas mural completed by George Snow Hill in 1937. The work was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. This mural,… read more
George Snow Hill (1898-1969) painted this oil on canvas mural for the Treasury Section of Fine Arts in 1938. “The panel honors the mostly African American laborers who contributed to the local lumber industry.” (visitflorida.com) The mural, entitled “Cypress Logging.”… read more
This Section funded mural “Prehistoric Life in Florida” was painted for the Sebring post office in 1942 by Charles R. Knight. It now hangs in the Sebring Public Library.
The historic post office building in Jasper, Florida houses New Deal artwork: two Section of Fine Arts-commissioned tempera frescoes by Pietro Lazzari titled “Harvest at Home” and “News from Afar.” They were completed in 1942.
The historic Miami Beach post office houses three New Deal murals depicting “Episodes from the History of Florida” painted in 1940 by WPA artist Charles Russell Hardman. (The federal agency that commissioned the works was the Treasury Section of Fine… read more
“In 1939 the Treasury Department’s Section of Fine Arts contracted Dohanos to paint six murals depicting the “Legend of James Edward Hamilton, Mail Carrier” in the West Palm Beach, Florida Post Office. Hamilton was one of the “barefoot mailmen,” letter… read more
