- Bain School Addition - Cranston RIThe PWA funded this addition to the Bain School in Cranston.
- City Hall - Cranston RIAfter winning the mayoralty in 1934, Ernest L. Sprague "called for the building of a new city hall because the existing one in Knightsville was a 'fire hazard' ... Within a few months ... Sprague had secured a federal grant from the Public Works Administration to build a new city hall." (Frias) A 1939 survey of PWA projects describes the still intact city hall as follows: "The new city hall, which houses all of the municipal offices, replaces the old frame town hall built in 1885 which was considered to be a firetrap, and, in addition, made it possible to eliminate...
- Cranston Field - Cranston RIA large, vaguely classical styled structure, built by the WPA as Cranston's main stadium. It was designed by Providence architects and engineers Frank P. Sheldon & Son. It is mainly used for high school athletics, but also occasionally hosts larger events.
- Rhode Island State Hospital for Mental Diseases (former): Administration Building - Cranston RIA two-story, Colonial Revival building, with a prominent cupola and portico. A PWA structure, it was designed by Providence architect Edwin E. Cull. Built to house administration offices and a medical library, it is now occupied by the Rhode Island Department of Corrections. The State Hospital for Mental Diseases is now known as Eleanor Slater Hospital.
- Rhode Island State Hospital for Mental Diseases (former): Adolph Meyer Building - Cranston RIA substantial structure, of conservative Colonial Revival design. Its only ornament of any significance is the Palladian Window in the center pavilion, with a delicate fan above. It was designed by Edwin E. Cull of Providence, who also designed the Hospital's administration offices in the same year.
- Rhode Island State Hospital for Mental Diseases (former): Benjamin Rush Building - Cranston RIA large, three-story building facing Howard Avenue, the main road through the hospital campus. The building, in the Colonial Revival style, is most notable for its prominent ogee gable. The ogee gable has been a recurring element in Rhode Island ever since amateur architect Joseph Brown's unorthodox use of it in his own residence in Providence, built in 1774. The architect of the Rush Building was Franklin R. Hindle, of Providence.
- Rhode Island State Hospital for Mental Diseases (former): Building for Disturbed Men - Cranston RINow known as the Pinel Building, this building was built as a dormitory. It was designed by William R. Walker & Son, a Providence firm known for public buildings. It is built in the Colonial Revival style.
- Rhode Island State Hospital for Mental Diseases (former): Building for Disturbed Women - Cranston RINow known as the Dorothea Dix Building, this building was built as a dormitory. It was designed by William R. Walker & Son, a Providence firm known for public buildings. In the Colonial Revival style. Built by both the Hospital and State Prison to house criminals with mental disorders, as was the neighboring Building for Disturbed Men.
- Rhode Island State Hospital for Mental Diseases (former): C Building Remodeling - Cranston RIIn 1936, this three story hospital building was remodeled under the P.W.A. The architect was Albert H. Humes, of Pawtucket. It was originally built in 1918 and designed by John Hutchins Cady of Providence. It is today part of the Minimum Security prison.
- Rhode Island State Hospital for Mental Diseases (former): Elizabeth Barry Hall - Cranston RIA large, three-story Colonial Revival building. It was designed by architect John F. Hogan, of Providence. It was built concurrently with neighboring Simpson Hall, which is nearly identical, though by different architects. Barry Hall was named for a former superintendent of nurses.
- Rhode Island State Hospital for Mental Diseases (former): Harrington Hall - Cranston RIA large multi-purpose building, in the Colonial Revival style. Originally housed the hospital's chapel, cafeteria, and gymnasium. Designed by John F. O'Malley of Pawtucket. Used until recently as a homeless shelter.
- Rhode Island State Hospital for Mental Diseases (former): Hazard Building - Cranston RIA long Colonial Revival building, built to house a hospital. It was designed by the firm of Barker & Turoff, of Providence. It is located directly west of the Reception Hospital, the institution's first building.
- Rhode Island State Hospital for Mental Diseases (former): Jonathan Arnold Building - Cranston RIA two-story Colonial Revival building on a high basement. Like its neighbor, the Welcome Arnold Building, it was designed by Oresto Disaia. Unlike its neighbor, it has had some of its detailing altered, making the two no longer identical.
- Rhode Island State Hospital for Mental Diseases (former): Louis Pasteur Building - Cranston RIThis is one of the largest buildings on the hospital campus. It stands three and four stories tall, gable-roofed, with a substantial clock tower. Like most of the area's buildings, it is in the Colonial Revival style. The architect was Edward O. Ekman, of Providence.
- Rhode Island State Hospital for Mental Diseases (former): Physician's Residences - Cranston RIA group of three Colonial Revival houses that would not look out of place in an early suburb. There were once two more of these houses, on the south side of the street, which have been demolished. The architects of these houses are unknown at this time.
- Rhode Island State Hospital for Mental Diseases (former): Simpson Hall - Cranston RIA large Colonial Revival building. Built concurrently with neighboring Elizabeth Barry Hall, which is identical, though designed by a different architect. Simpson was designed by Howe & Church, of Providence.
- Rhode Island State Hospital for Mental Diseases (former): Welcome Arnold Building - Cranston RIA two-story Colonial Revival building on a high basement. Like its neighbor, the Jonathan Arnold Building, it was designed by Oresto Disaia. Unlike its neighbor, it remains unaltered, making the two no longer identical. The building is currently vacant.
- Rhode Island State Infirmary Hospital (former): Bernadette Building - Cranston RIA two-story, flat-roofed building. Nominally Colonial Revival in style. This is one of the three original buildings of the Hospital, built by the PWA in 1936.
- Rhode Island State Infirmary Hospital (former): Equipment Building - Cranston RIThe PWA built this equipment building on the State Infirmary Hospital campus.
- Rhode Island State Infirmary Hospital (former): McDonald Building - Cranston RIA three-story, Colonial Revival building built by the PWA in 1936. Like its neighbor, the Bernadette Building, the McDonald Building houses part of the women's prison.
- Rhode Island State Infirmary Hospital (former): Power Plant - Cranston RIThe PWA built the power facilities at the State Infirmary Hospital. The power plant has since been substantially expanded, but it is unclear if the original building remains. Note that in the above photograph, the passageway at the right was not built by the PWA.
- Rhode Island State Infirmary Hospital (former): Virks Building - Cranston RIBuilt by the PWA in 1936 as the main building of its institution, the Virks Building is one of the largest buildings in this part of the city. It features a large portico, overlooking West Road. It was designed by Ambrose J. Murphy of Providence, more well known for his ecclesiastical designs. The building is currently vacant, with a proposal to convert it into offices.
- Sewers - Cranston RIWPA labor and funds assisted in the construction of Cranston's massive sewer construction project. There is even a photo of an unusual WPA manhole cover.
- Sidewalks - Cranston RI"Under Sprague, Cranston took full advantage of federal assistance for public works projects. For example ... many of Cranston's sidewalks were built with WPA funds."
- Sockanosset Training School (former): Administration Building - Cranston RINow demolished, this PWA building originally housed the school's administration offices and classrooms for industrial education. A long, low Colonial Revival building. The architect is unknown at this time.
- Sockanosset Training School (former): Gymnasium - Cranston RIA two-story, T-shaped Colonial Revival building, with a cross-gable roof and a cupola. Built by the PWA in 1936-38 to house an auditorium, gymnasium, and swimming pool. Like most of the Sockanosset buildings, this building has been demolished for the Chapel View "Lifestyle Center", a mixed use development. Sockanosset was the state's reform school for boys. The architect of this building was Albert Harkness of Providence.
- Sockanosset Training School (former): Primary Cottage - Cranston RIThis stone cottage was one of a few such buildings at the Sockanosset Training School, and stood until the late 2000s, when the site was redeveloped. The building appears in the FERA record group (135-SAR), but was not among those built by the PWA, as it appears in an 1895 photograph linked below. It is presumably present in the archive because of some repair work at the time of the other work at the site.