• Geiger Grade Road Improvements - Virginia City NV
    The New Geiger Grade road, Highway 341, was constructed in 1936 by the Federal Works Progress Administration (WPA). The improvements involved widening the old Geiger Grade Road, and bypassing its sharpest turns and steepest grades. This made the road considerably safer and it also made the road automobile friendly. The old Geiger Grade road that the new highway replaced, was built in 1862 in order to haul silver ore from the Comstock Lode. The road is named for Dr. Davison M. Geiger who, together with J.H. Tilton, financed the road's construction in order to develop a northern route between Virginia City and Truckee...
  • Middle School - Virginia City NV
    What is now the Virginia City Middle School was an educational facility constructed between April and September 1936 as part of a federal Public Works Administration (PWA) project. The building replaced the historic 1876 Fourth Ward School (now a museum). The New Deal middle school has since been altered and features a newer addition to the original structure. The PWA provided a grant of $14,727 for the school's construction; the project cost $34,727 in all. (PWA Docket No. NV 1016)