• Kutztown University of Pennsylvania - Kutztown PA
    Then known as the Kutztown State Teachers College, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania benefited during the Great Depression from large construction projects enabled by the federal Public Works Administration (PWA). In one instance the PWA provided a $188,216 grant for the project, whose final cost was $605,070. Construction occurred between January 1938 and September 1939. (PWA Docket No. 1866.) Nine buildings were constructed on the campus, including an auditorium and shop/garage. The present status of these structures is unknown to Living New Deal.
  • Post Office (former) - Kutztown PA
    The historic former post office at 125 W. Main St. in Kutztown, Pennsylvania was constructed in 1935 with Treasury Department funds. The building is now privately owned.
  • Post Office (former) Mural - Kutztown PA
    The historic post office building in Kutztown, Pennsylvania housed a New Deal mural that was created with Treasury Department Section of Fine Arts funds. The mural, titled "Rural Route #1," is an oil-on-canvas work painted by Judson Smith in 1937. The work has since been relocated .
  • Schaeffer Auditorium (KU) - Kutztown PA
    "Construction for Kutztown State Teachers College's Schaeffer Auditorium began in 1938 by the General State Authority with funding from the Public Works Administration. Schaeffer was part of a large construction program announced by KSTC president Dr. Quincy A. W. Rohrbach who led the school from 1934-1959. The program included the construction of the portico on the north entrance to Old Main, a greenhouse for the study of plant germination and conversion of the existing chapel to a dining hall. During construction Rohrbach would have to fight to keep the government contractors from painting over Schaeffer's copper dome. Construction crews felt the...