• Crawford Engineering Technology Hall (SCSU) - Orangeburg SC
    Multiple New Deal-supported construction projects were undertaken on the campus of South Carolina State University during the Great Depression. "his large two-story brick building was designed by Professors Paul V. Jewell and John H. Blanche. Financed by the Work Projects Administration (WPA) as a trades building ..." (sc.gov)
  • Miller Hall (SCSU) - Orangeburg SC
    Multiple New Deal-supported construction projects were undertaken on the campus of South Carolina State University during the Great Depression. "his three-story brick men's dormitory was constructed with Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works funds." (sc.gov)
  • Tri-County Hospital (demolished) - Orangeburg SC
    The federal Public Works Administration supplied "a loan of $120,000 to be repaid over 30 years, as well as an outright grant of $108,900" to Orangeburg for the construction of what was then known as the Tri-County Hospital. Construction occurred between 1936 and 1937. The building has since been demolished. When the 'old hospital’ was new, thetandd.com: "On Wednesday, Jan. 15,1936, a simple, but impressive, groundbreaking ceremony was held for the new hospital on Carolina Avenue. ... This new facility was to be three stories high, have a capacity of 125 beds, and face north on the corner of Carolina Avenue and...
  • Tri-County Hospital Nurses' Dormitory (demolished) - Orangeburg SC
    Orangeburg, South Carolina's former Tri-County Hospital was constructed with federal Public Work Administration (PWA) funds during the Great Depression. The Works Progress Administration (WPA) provided support for construction of the hospital's nurses' dormitory. "In 1937 the W.P.A. approved a grant of $18,000 toward the construction of the student nurses' dormitory, which was to be built across the street. The total cost of this project was to be about $50,000. In April 1937, the voters of Orangeburg County approved a $60,000 bond referendum to help equip and furnish the new hospital, as well as pay $1,350 for the purchase of the lot...
  • Water System - Orangeburg SC
    A substantial waterworks construction project was undertaken in Orangeburg, South Carolina during 1937 with funds provided by the federal Public Works Administration. (PWA Docket No. SC 1094)