• Atkinson Common Tower - Newburyport MA
    Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) co0nstructed a stately stone observation tower in Newburyport, Mass. WPA Bulletin: In the center of Atkinson Park, Newburyport, WPA workmen have constructed a fifty-foot, field-stone, observation tower. Surrounding grounds have been landscaped with grass, trees and shrubs.
  • Filtration Plant - Newburyport MA
    A water filtration plant construction project in Newburyport, Mass. was undertaken with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. PWA Docket No. MA 1033
  • Market House / Central Fire Station Renovation - Newburyport MA
    The Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) conducted substantial modernization work to what was then Newburyport's central fire station. Originally constructed as the Market House in 1823, the building at 1 to 3 Market Square was renovated into an arts center in 1990 and now houses shops. WPA Bulletin, 1937: Down in the tradition-laden city of Newburyport a public building (now a fire station) has been completely modernized. More than a century ago — in 1821 to be exact — Newburyport's men of the "wooden ships and iron men" days built a Market House. The Market House sheltered rovers of the seven seas who...
  • Munroe St. Sidewalks - Newburyport MA
    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built sidewalks on Munroe St. in Newburyport MA.
  • Sidewalks - Newburyport MA
    The W.P.A. constructed sidewalks in Newburyport, Mass. Flickr comment re: a W.P.A. plaque: "This particular one is in a sidewalk in the Joppa Flats section of Newburyport, near where my other recent photo of the boat sticking up over the fence is. I've seen others in other sidewalks all over Newburyport. The WPA must have built many sidewalks in the city."
  • World War Memorial Stadium - Newburyport MA
    By the time Franklin Delano Roosevelt was inaugurated president in 1933, the United States was suffering the worst economic collapse in its history. In order to stimulate the economy and lessen unemployment, Roosevelt started the Public Works Administration (PWA) and, eventually, the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The WPA completed a wide variety of public works projects, ranging from building sidewalks to painting public murals. One of the most significant WPA projects in Newburyport was the World War Memorial Stadium built in 1938-39. Large portions of the stadium still exist, and it stands as an excellent example of the living New...