St. Albans Sites

Much work was done by the New Deal in this small town of 1,018 (population 1930) The 1934-35 town report mentions E.R.A. and C.W.A. help on road work projects. Amusingly, the report of the school supervisor complains about all the Federal help for roads but nothing for the schools in town. The 1935-36 town report mentions $150 being raised in connection with a W.P.A. sidewalk project. The school superintendent wrote "On December 27th Mr. Crocker of the School Committee, Mr. Carson of the Board of Selectmen, and myself, went to Augusta and entered a project for school building improvement under the WPA. The project...

The annual town report from 1936-37 reports that the WPA was involved in bridge repairs (likely from the 1936 flood). The town share was $3,220. Both the WPA and PWA helped with "Summer Roads."

Like other rural Maine towns, St. Albans got help with its one room school houses from the New Deal. "A substantial improvement in the physical condition of the school buildings has been made during the past year as the result of the W. P. A project. At the Village a new ceiling was put on and the interior of the building painted. The entrances were changed, making for much greater safety. The Five Corners, Merrill and Lang school buildings were painted on the inside and the Hopkins was painted an outside coat and shingled and the chimney topped out. A new...