The historic Municipal Building for Blawnox, Pennsylvania was constructed between 1938 and 1939 with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $17,550 grant for the project, whose total cost was $38,722. PWA Docket No…. read more
“The building is part two stories and basement in height and has over-all dimensions in plan of 112 by 42 feet. It houses the municipal offices, the police and fire departments. There is space for the fire apparatus and a… read more
Ellwood City, Pennsylvania’s historic Municipal Building was constructed during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. (Credit is sometimes incorrectly given to the Works Progress Administration (WPA).) The PWA provided a $58,959 grant for… read more
The historic Municipal Building for Forty Fort, Pennsylvania was constructed between 1936 and 1937 with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $27,900 grant for the project, whose total cost was $72,273. PWA Docket… read more
Lehighton, Pennsylvania’s historic Municipal Building was built in 1936. Its construction was enabled by the provision of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA provided a $20,455 grant for the project, whose total cost was $47,764. Construction occurred between… read more
Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania’s historic Municipal Building was built between November 1938 and September 1939. Construction of the new city hall was enabled by a Public Works Administration (PWA) grant. The Beaux Arts building, designed by George M. Ewing, is “an… read more
Pleasantville, Pennsylvania’s historic stone Municipal Building was constructed as a federal public works project during the Great Depression. The building, which opened in 1935, is still in service. Credit is alternatively given to the Works Progress Administration (WPA) or Public… read more
The historic Municipal Building for Quakertown, Pennsylvania was constructed between 1938 and 1939 with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $22,770 grant for the project, whose total cost was $50,146. PWA Docket No…. read more
Warren, Pennsylvania’s historic Municipal Building was constructed between 1936 and 1937 with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. PWA Docket No. PA W1452. “This structure replaces a municipal building which was 70 years old, which had been… read more
Among a set of 26 WPA projects for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania approved in Sept. 1935 was “improvements to the municipal building” in Braddock, PA. The Federal government contributed $600 for the project and local sponsors contributed $144. Braddock’s Municipal Building… read more
Among a set of 26 WPA projects approved for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in Sept. 1935 was “electrical rewiring of [the] municipal building” in Turtle Creek. Additional work in the town involved “surveys for flood control and sewage disposal.” The Federal… read more
Among a set of 26 WPA projects approved for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in Sept. 1935 was the “repaving and recurbing streets and alleys and installing sewer connections” in Sharpsburg. The Federal government allocated $50,968 for the project and local sponsors… read more
Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) funds enabled construction of the “Municipal Light Plant at Chambersburg” The exact location and building status is presently unknown to Living New Deal.
Ben Miller writes in the Nazareth Patch: “This beautiful art deco pool was one of the few above-ground municipal pools to be constructed in the country and like Nazareth’s Borough Pool, it was built by the WPA from 1937 to… read more
Among a set of 26 WPA projects for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania approved in Sept. 1935 was the “completion of [the] storm sewer system” in Clairton, PA. The project was to be completed at a cost of $1,283 to the Federal… read more
According to a local newspaper article, “water and sanitary sewer lines were installed … for the first time” in Shoemakersville, Pennsylvania, courtesy the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA).
According to a local newspaper article, “a new water plant and new water lines were extended” in Shillington, Pennsylvania as part of a WPA project.
"The Ligonier Armory is the headquarters of Company F, One Hundred and Third Medical Regiment of the Pennsylvania National Guard, and was part of a general program to house properly the military forces of the State. The building provides a… read more
The New Castle National Guard armory located at Shenango Township, Lawrence County PA was built in 1938 with funding from the Public Works Administration (PWA). The building design is stone Moderne on an “I” floorplan, consisting of a one- to… read more
"The Naval Hospital at Philadelphia was authorized by an act of Congress in 1931, but as insufficient funds were appropriated the buildings were completed with the aid of P.W.A. The site is a 22-acre plot north of League Island Park… read more
Nazareth Boro Park (also spelled Nazareth Borough Park) was begun in 1935 as a WPA project. Stone walls, a foot bridge, and an automobile bridge were among the features constructed. By 1937, a bathhouse and an 18,500 square foot swimming… read more
“NEW GUARDHOUSE, opposite Catharine Street, was built by WPA workmen. The new building is Georgian Colonial in design and constructed of gray stone with dark blue slate roof. The stone used in the building was taken from an old mill… read more
The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) provided funding toward the paving of previously unpaved roads in Scranton, Pennsylvania. “The second-costliest job was North Bromley Avenue from Lafayette Street to Oram Street, at an estimated $51,196.”
“WPA’s legacy is visible today in those and many other ways. Among projects in Wilkes-Barre were the retaining walls along North Main Street and Hazle Avenue …” The exact location of the along North Main Street of the wall is… read more
"The improvements provided by this project for North Park, a unit of the Allegheny County park system, consist of the construction of an artificial lake, new and relocated highways, docks, and a boathouse and accessories. The lake was formed by… read more
The historic red-brick North Philadelphia Station post office was built in 1935. Constructed with federal Treasury Department funds, the building is still in use today.
The post office contains several Section of Fine Arts tempera murals painted by George Harding in 1939. The murals depict “Mail Delivery,” “City,” “Country,” “Northern Coast,” “Office,” “Home,” “Tropics,” and “History of Mail Transportation by Water.
Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) funds enabled “the modernization of the North Side Municipal Market in Pittsburgh …” The exact location and building status is presently unknown to Living New Deal.
North Street in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania was constructed as a New Deal work relief project. The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the street to connect Ridge Avenue to the rapidly developing Canonsburg Town Park (and new pool). The work was conducted… read more
Reading, Pennsylvania’s historic Northwest Branch Library was constructed during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. PWA Docket No. X2138
The Public Works Administration funded the construction of Northwest Junior High School, completed in 1935. Windows and doors were recently replaced, but the school retains its original elements. Muhlenberg Greene Architects (at the time of construction was called Muhlenberg, Yerkes,… read more
Built in 1939 with PWA funds, the Northwest Office Building was originally supposed to be part of an expanded Capitol complex that never came to pass. The building is now used as headquarters for the Pennsylvania Liquor Board.
WPA workers constructed a stone wall along part of the northern portions of Oak Lane in Reading, Pennsylvania.
The second Oakland Avenue Viaduct in Sharon, Pennsylvania opened on Christmas Day 1936 and was demolished June 23, 2001. The structure was built as a New Deal project sponsored by the Public Works Administration [PWA, not the Works Progress Administration (WPA)]…. read more
Ohio River Boulevard, a.k.a. 65th Infantry Division Memorial Highway, through Haysville and Glenfield, was one road paved as part of New Deal efforts, sponsored by the Public Works Administration (PWA). Pittsburgh Press: “Among the six miles of roads to be paved… read more
Believed to be what is now known as West Lake Road north of Turnersville, Pennsylvania, what was then ‘old Highway 322’ was re-developed by multiple New Deal agencies. The Civil Works Administration (CWA) started work on the grading and filling… read more
Pennsylvania State University’s Osmond Laboratory was one of a dozen buildings constructed on the campus during the Great Depression as part of a massive construction project enabled by the federal Public Works Administration (PWA). The building is still in use… read more
The federal Civil Works Administration (CWA) and Works Progress Administration (WPA) worked to develop and otherwise improve Memorial Park in Grove City, Pennsylvania during the 1930s.
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) provided labor for the development of Park Drive in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. The work was conducted in tandem with development on the park and its pool. “On Monday, November 19, 1934, … 83 men reported… read more
3 CCC camps were actively involved in the park’s development from 1933-1942. In addition to repairing the pond and building Parker Dam, the CCC cleared beaches and bought a bathhouse and other bathing facilities. They also carried out extensive reforestation… read more