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  • Lemington Elementary School (former) - Pittsburgh PA
    Pittsburgh's historic, Art Deco-style Lemington Elementary School building was built in 1937 as a New Deal project: the Public Works Administration (PWA) provided a $176,693 grant for the project, whose total cost was $428,894. "Portions of the exterior are ornamented with terra cotta, and feature Mayan-inspired motifs such as an amber sunburst frieze and stylized human faces. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986." It is no longer in service as a school. PWA Docket No. PA 1316
  • Liberty High School Organ - Bethlehem PA
    The Durner-Fritzsche organ at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania's Liberty High School was constructed in 1933. "The organ was installed in 1933-34, answering to an invitation to bid advertised by Mr. Clifford F. Frey; Sec. School District of the City of Bethlehem. The instrument installed met the requirement in the bid advertisement for a "used instrument in guaranteed condition". The project was a joint effort by the fledgling Fritzsche Organ Co., (formerly the Durner Co.), Organ Supply Co. of Erie, PA and the Civil Works Administration of Northampton County (CWA)."
  • Lincoln High School Addition - Ellwood City PA
    In 1934, the Public Works Administration gave a $28,770 grant and $71,230 loan to the Ellwood City school board for an addition to Lincoln High School. The addition included 18 class rooms and a gymnasium. It was designed by Robert A. Eckles of W.G. Eckles & Company. The general construction contract was awarded to Cooke-Anderson Company of Beaver Pennsylvania. The school and addition are still in use.
  • Linn Run State Park - Rector PA
    A Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey documents both CCC and WPA work on the park: "The CCC and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) jointly developed Linn Run State Park. There is some indication from secondary sources that the WPA constructed the cabins and other buildings and structures, while the CCC landscaped the logged area and constructed roads, water and sewage systems, and other utilities... Other CCC-built resources within the district include two stone foot bridges, an automobile bridge constructed of steel I-beams with stone abutments, and low profile stone cooking fireplaces."
  • List Road Wall - Reading PA
    WPA workers constructed a stone wall along part of the northern portions of Oak Lane in Reading, Pennsylvania.
  • Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania - Lock Haven PA
    Then known as the State Teachers College at Lock Haven, Lock Haven University benefited during the Great Depression from a large construction project enabled by the federal Public Works Administration (PWA). The PWA provided a $194,680 grant for the project, whose final cost was $623,191. Construction occurred between February 1938 and July 1939. (PWA Docket No. 1857.) Four buildings were constructed on the campus, including the facilities known as Thomas Field House, the Price Auditorium, and Sullivan Hall (originally constructed as a library; demolished 2015). A power plant, also constructed as part of this PWA project, has since too been demolished.
  • Lycoming County Home (former) - Williamsport PA
    The Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) supplied funds to construction of a new Lycoming County Home in Williamsport, PA. The exact location and building status is presently unknown to Living New Deal.
  • Lynch Boulevard - Oil City PA
    Lynch Boulevard in Oil City, Pennsylvania was constructed by the Work Projects Administration (WPA) in 1940. Lake Shore Visitor: "P. A. Lynch, pastor of St Joseph's church, has had a corps of men working in the two cemeteries, with the result that the plots are in the best condition in several years. A new road to Calvary cemetery was completed in time for the Memorial day traffic. The stone base was built last fall and the black top was completed May 24. The road gives a fine approach to the cemetery with little grade and a much shorter than the old route...
  • Main Post Office (former) - Philadelphia PA
    Originally constructed as Treasury Department project and completed in 1935, Philadelphia's large Art Deco 30th St. post office served the community for many years, before being left vacant in 2006. It has since been converted into a modern office building. "In redeveloping the 862,692-square-foot Art Deco style federal building, Brandywine embraced and rejuvenated its pre-Columbian art and architecture-inspired highlights. The Post Office’s ornate public lobby, known as the "Historic Corridor", featuring two entry rotundas with mosaic domes in a Mayan motif, has been fully restored. The domes, each with 99,816 pieces of glass faience tiles in nine different shades of green...
  • Main Street Repaving - Greenville PA
    The WPA repaved Main Street in Greenville, Pennsylvania between Penn Ave. and Main Street's crossing of the Little Shenango River.
  • Mansfield University of Pennsylvania - Mansfield PA
    Then known as the Mansfield State Teachers College, Mansfield University of Pennsylvania benefited during the Great Depression from a large construction project enabled by the federal Public Works Administration (PWA). The PWA provided a $194,680 grant for the project, whose final cost was $623,191. Construction occurred between February 1938 and July 1939. (PWA Docket No. 1867.) Four buildings were constructed on the campus, including a home economics building and gym. The present status of these structures is unknown to Living New Deal.
  • Marienstein Road Paving - Nockamixon Township PA
    Marienstein Road was improved and paved by the federal Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.).
  • Marine Corps League - Scranton PA
    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the Marine Corps League building in Scranton in 1936. WPA crews also completed several small projects on the grounds of the property. The work included an arched, stone gateway leading to the main building, stone fences, retaining walls, and a creek bed. The stone imprint stamps bear the date of 1936. Today the building serves as the Marine Corps Historical Museum and Detachment Headquarters.
  • Marple Newtown Joint High School Additions - Newtown Square PA
    The Public Works Administration (PWA) granted the Marple Newtown Joint School District $32,500 of a $70,000 project to alter and expand the former high school building (see PWA voucher image). The structure is located at the intersection of Media Line Road and West Chester Pike in Newtown Square, PA. This school building was destroyed by fire in April of 1956, but the former school building has been repurposed into the district's administration building. Pieces of the PWA funded project are still visible in the lobby of this building.
  • Marquette Lake - Fort Indiantown Gap PA
    The Work Projects Administration (WPA) helped to create Marquette Lake at Fort Indiantown Gap, PA. "The 15 acre lake is fed by Indiantown Run and was built in 1939 by Pennsylvania National Guard engineers, the Work Project Administration (WPA) and the Pennsylvania Work Administration." "The lake itself was constructed in 1939 to serve as a training site for water landing drills."
  • McKnight Road - McCandless to Pittsburgh PA
    McKnight Road, which connects McCandless and Pittsburgh, was constructed as a New Deal project sponsored by the Public Works Administration (PWA).
  • Memorial Waterfall - Grove City PA
    Grove City's Memorial Park was improved by multiple New Deal programs. "During the late 1930s, a cascading waterfall was added to the memorial as a federal Works Progress Administration project."   The exact location of the waterfall in the park is unknown to Living New Deal.
  • Mill Creek Wall - Wilkes-Barre PA
    "WPA’s legacy is visible today in those and many other ways. Among projects in Wilkes-Barre were ... walls along Laurel Run, Mill and Solomon creeks."
  • Miner Park Pool (former) - Wilkes-Barre PA
    "WPA’s legacy is visible today in those and many other ways" in Wilkes-Barre. "Thanks to WPA labor, ... he Miner Park and Hollenback swimming pools were built." The pool is no longer extant.
  • Monocacy Park - Bethlehem PA
    The WPA constructed stone walks, walls, benches, tables, fireplace, pavilions, and footbridges to build Monocacy Park between 1936 and 1937. A swimming pool was also constructed above the dam, but this feature is no longer in use due to sediment. Mcall.com: "The Monocacy Park bridge features two 30-foot towers of hand-cut stone. The creek had to be diverted, most likely with sandbags, to enable the stone masons to erect the towers. Block and tackle, a series of ropes and pulleys, had to be used to set the pieces in place." As of 2016 the park is under restoration.
  • Monroe Hall (ESU) - East Stroudsburg PA
    Originally constructed as a men's dormitory, Miller Hall at East Stroudsburg University was one of four buildings constructed as a New Deal project. Work was sponsored by the Public Works Administration (PWA).
  • Moore Recreation Center - Pittsburgh PA
    The Moore Recreation Center, including a swimming pool, bath house, and possibly a playground, were constructed in 1939-40 as a New Deal project: the Public Works Administration (PWA) provided a $124,700 grant for project, whose total cost was $272,577. "The grand opening of the swimming pool was held on August 9, 1940." A plaque marks the bathhouse as a PWA project. PWA Docket No. PA 2208-F
  • Mountain Lake Run Culverts - Scranton PA
    "East Mountain Run is the name applied to a previously unnamed tributary to Roaring Brook. It rises from springs on the Ridge of East Mountain near Robinson Park and Mountain Lake Estates. The Mountain Lake Estates Stormwater detention pond and nearby wetlands are also integral features supporting a perennial flow in this Run. There are some WPA era knapped rock channel works uphill of East Mountain Road." "Historic WPA stone masonry walls and culverts at Mattes Community Center: Hopkins Falls circa 1938."
  • Municipal Building - Blawnox PA
    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. PA W1695.
  • Municipal Building - Crafton PA
    "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 police-car garage, reading and billiard rooms for the firemen, police hearing room, detention cells, council chamber, offices for the borough secretary and tax collector, and a room for social gatherings. The construction is fire-resistant. The exterior walls are limestone backed up with hollow tile and the floors are reinforced concrete on steel joists. The volume of the building is 140,000 cubic feet....
  • Municipal Building - Ellwood City PA
    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 the project, whose total cost was $131,535. Construction occurred between May 1936 and June 1937. PWA Docket No. PA W1213
  • Municipal Building - Forty Fort PA
    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 No. PA W1077.
  • Municipal Building - Lehighton PA
    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 Feb. and Sept. 1936. PWA Docket No. PA W1312
  • Municipal Building - Marcus Hook PA
    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 imposing building built in a classical Egyptian-Greek Revival style set upon a high podium entered by symmetrical formal staircases." It is still in service. PWA Docket No. PA X2014.
  • Municipal Building - Pleasantville PA
    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 Works Administration (PWA), depending on one's sources, though it is possible the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) assisted with the building's construction.
  • Municipal Building - Quakertown PA
    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. PA W1684.
  • Municipal Building - Warren PA
    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 remodeled several times, and had passed the point of economic usefulness. The new building contains offices for the burgess, borough clerk, city engineer, police department, health department and welfare clinic, and the council chambers. There is a pistol range in the basement, a jail with eight double cells, a dormitory for transients, and some unfinished space for future expansion. The structure is fireproof....
  • Municipal Building (former) Improvements - Braddock PA
    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 has since moved; the address and present status of the former building is unknown to Living New Deal.
  • Municipal Building Improvements - Turtle Creek PA
    Among a set of 26 WPA projects approved for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in Sept. 1935 was "electrical rewiring of municipal building" in Turtle Creek. Additional work in the town involved "surveys for flood control and sewage disposal." The Federal government allocated $55,244 for the project and local sponsors contributed $11,062.
  • Municipal Improvements - Sharpsburg PA
    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 contributed $15,588.
  • Municipal Light Plant - Chambersburg PA
    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.
  • Municipal Pool (demolished) - Bangor PA
    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 1939.  Though I was raised in Nazareth from birth, my mother and her family are from Bangor and this pool was a big part of their lives.  In fact, my great-grandfather, John I. Correll, was a Bangor Councilman at the time and Project Chairman of the pool's construction.  He also oversaw the development of Bangor Memorial Park around it. Bangor's original pool...
  • Municipal Sewers - Clairton PA
    Among a set of 26 WPA projects for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania approved in Sept. 1935 was the "completion of storm sewer system" in Clairton, PA. The project was to be completed at a cost of $1,283 to the Federal government and $525 to local sponsors.
  • Municipal Water Improvements - Shoemakersville PA
    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).
  • Municipal Water System Improvements - Shillington PA
    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.
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