• Coast Guard Station (demolished) - Hampton Beach NH
    A 1938 Hampton Union article reported that: "The new Hampton Beach Coast Guard station will be the most elaborate and up to date of any in this section. The large two and one half story building will be located in a triangle between Dover and Exeter avenues at White Island, instead of at the point near the jetty. A four-door garage will be located at the foot of Dover avenue next to an equipment building. There will be another entrance to the station from Exeter avenue. Two recreation rooms are planned for the first floor of the station, in an ell at...
  • Seawall - Hampton Beach NH
    The PWA was involved in construction of a seawall along the Atlantic coast of New Hampshire, in particular, the Hampton Beach resort area. Up to the advent of the New Deal, the condition of the very popular Hampton Beach area was in rather dilapidated condition due to storms, tides, river currents, erosion, and piecemeal work by the local authorities which resulted in a loss of property of half a million dollars due to its nature as a sand barrier island. In 1932 under the Hampton Beach Development Commission & engineer and planner Warren Manning, and the transfer of control from local...