• Poinsett State Park - Sumter SC
    "Sumter County donated 1,000 acres (4 km2) for the park, which opened to the public in 1936. Many buildings still in use at the park were built by the Civilian Conservation Corps from locally quarried coquina rock. Coquina is a young limestone in which fossil seashells are still readily apparent. Poinsett State Park was the first of many parks built by the CCC in South Carolina. The park was closed in 1963 for a year, along with all of South Carolina's state parks, due to a Federal court order to desegregate the parks, and it wasn't until 1966 that all its...
  • Sumter Town Hall/Opera House Remodeling - Sumter SC
    The federal Public Works Administration (PWA) provided funding for the remodeling of the 1893 Opera House building, converting much of the four-story building into municipal offices. The building houses Sumter's city hall to this day. Wikipedia: "The building was remodeled in 1936, converting the first floor into a movie theater and the second floor opera house into offices." SumterSC.gov: "The cornerstone was reset in May, and a $120,000 renovation transformed the Opera House into a moving picture theater. This project also provided jobs for 300 workers in the midst of the Great Depression." "The very first film shown at the Opera House was Earthworm Tractors....