• Flood Control Dike - West Springfield MA
    In response to heavy flooding after a severe storm in 1936, Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) labor—under the direction of U.S. Army engineers—constructed dikes along the Connecticut River in many Massachusetts communities, including West Springfield. A WPA Bulletin refers to this dike; "Another reason for the home building drive in this section is the flood-prevention sea-wall atop the dike on Riverdale Street which was built by the War Department with WPA labor."
  • Post Office - West Springfield MA
    The historic post office building in West Springfield, Massachusetts was constructed in 1935 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.
  • Post Office Relief - West Springfield MA
    The post office contains a 1938 Section of Fine Arts plaster relief by Walker Hancock entitled “New England Post Rider.” Hancock also created work for the Ariel Rios Bldg, Washington, DC and Soldier’s Memorial, St. Louis, MO.
  • Sewers - West Springfield MA
    Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) labor constructed sewers in West Springfield, Mass. WPA Bulletin, 1937: Over in West Springfield ... WPA is installing two miles of sanitary sewers which are attracting considerable attention. No complaints have been registered for the job has resulted in a building boom in which the town fathers, real estate dealers, building supply people, store keepers and family groups have a keen, common interest. Since the start of the projects, seven new homes have been built on Amostown Road, two on Warren Street and many more will soon be built on Craiwell Avenue and Falmouth Street.  
  • Veterans Field - West Springfield MA
    W.P.A. Bulletin, 1937: "he Memorial Athletic Field in the rear of King's Highway School is rapidly nearing completion. Last April the field was rather ugly, idle land. Now there is a quarter-mile cinder track, circling a seeded oval, portable bleachers, a memorial plot of war veterans with flagpole, a driveway from the highway to the field, a football field, a drainage system and a fence enclosing the athletic field."
  • Westfield River Dike - West Springfield MA
    W.P.A. Bulletin, 1937: "ew projects will build two huge dikes in Springfield and its sister community, West Springfield, at a cost to the government of $304,000. At its peak, next spring, the projects will employ about 500. ... The West Springfield project will begin near the Eastern States Exposition grounds (inundated during the '36 flood) and extend in a southeast direction to the Agawam bridge embankment. It will include 6000 tons of rip-rap."