• Roxbury Bandshell - Johnstown PA
    "The bandshell, originally called the Municipal Music Pavilion, was ... under the Works Progress Administration (WPA)." "A souvenir program from the 1940 dedication provides the history and details of the original construction.  The project was proposed to Johnstown City Council in 1937 by a local community association who later agreed to raise funds for the required sponsor’s share for a WPA project.  After Council’s approval, community representatives visited a recently completed bandshell in Hagerstown, MD, and subsequently established the Johnstown Music Pavilion Committee.  For the proposed pavilion, the sponsor’s share was to be only $5,000, but with modifications and additions...
  • Sanitary Sewers - Johnstown PA
    Federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers constructed sanitary sewers in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
  • Stackhouse Park Improvements - Johnstown PA
    The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) worked to improve Johnstown, Pennsylvania's Stackhouse Park during the Great Depression.