• Blowing Rock School Gymnasium and Playground - Blowing Rock NC
    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed the stone gymnasium structure at Blowing Rock School. It was one of many educational facilities constructed by the WPA in Watauga County. The WPA also constructed a "well-planned" playground. The school facility has since been largely demolished and replaced, though the WPA gymnasium still remains.
  • Road Improvements - Blowing Rock NC
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) worked to improve roads in Blowing Rock, North Carolina and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) surfaced more than two miles of roads in the village as well. Per The News and Observer, the "stone is quarried near the town, hauled to the street being repaired, crushed and spread on the job."