• Central Islip State Hospital Improvements - Central Islip NY
    The no-longer-extant Central Islip State Hospital "was the largest psychiatric institution ever to exist in the United States." Two WPA projects at the hospital involved the following: 1. "Painting brick walls of various buildings of institution, $23,557." 2. "Removal of old wood floors and installation of tile floors at institution, $9,755.46."
  • Fire House (former) - Central Islip NY
    Sayville's Suffolk County News reported that Central Islip, New York's new $63,000 fire house would be constructed with the PWA bearing "45 per cent of the cost of construction, or approximately $28,192." The Central Islip Fire Department writes: "Construction began on the new Fire House at #96 Carleton Avenue in April of 1937 – this building was completed in a short period of time, and the Department moved to this new location on October 16, 1937." Construction began on a fire house to replace the 1937 structure in 1988, and "the official move from the 1937 Fire House to the new building...