The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed barns at the dairy research installation in Willard, North Carolina. The exact location and present status of the facility is presently unknown to Living New Deal.
“Penderlea Homestead Farms, located in northwest Pender County, North Carolina, was the first of 152 homestead projects developed in 1934 under President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal. The purpose of the homestead projects was to provide penniless tenant farmers, bankrupt farm… read more
Check out our latest map and guide to the work of the New Deal in Washington, D.C. It includes 500 New Deal sites in the District alone, highlighting 34 notable sites, and includes an inset map of the area around the National Mall which can be used for self-guided walking tours.
Take a look at our previous guides, equally comprehensive, covering key New Deal sites in San Francisco and New York City.
