• Easterwood Airport - College Station TX
    Several projects at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (now Texas A&M University) were undertaken with New Deal funds. "The biggest project undertaken using funds from the federal government was the development of an airport, supported by partial grants from the WPA. In 1940, the government bequeathed the WPA $25 million for the construction of airports. The WPA provided approximately $154,970 towards such a project on the campus of the Agricultural and Mechanical College to Texas. The airport was completed in 1941 and another $75,000 was given by the WPA to light the finished runways. The Agricultural and Mechanical College...
  • Northgate Station Post Office - College Station TX
    The historic Northgate Station post office was constructed from 1936-7 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which housed an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.
  • Northgate Station Post Office Mural (missing) - College Station TX
    The historic Northgate Station post office housed an example of New Deal artwork: "Good Technique – Good Harvest," an oil-on-canvas mural by Victor Arnautoff. The work, which was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts, was completed and installed in the post office lobby in 1938. Unfortunately, the mural is now missing.
  • Paving (Texas A&M) - College Station TX
    Several projects at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (now Texas A&M University) were undertaken with New Deal assistance. "An extensive paving program was also started with New Deal funds of $10,500." Begun in 1934, this most likely involved the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (F.E.R.A.).
  • Texas A&M Creamery (demolished) - College Station TX
    Texas A&M's old creamery building was constructed as a federal Public Works Administration (PWA) project during the Great Depression. The building, whose exact location on campus is presently unknown to Living New Deal, has since been demolished. The PWA supplied a $12,200 grant toward the $42,251 total cost of the project. Work occurred between August and December 1934. (PWA Docket No. TX 5803)