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Municipal Improvements – Laneville TX

“In 1935, the WPA came to Laneville, a crossroads community in southern Rusk County, and began building rock fences, bridges and other needed projects.”

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, bridges, and tunnels
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Municipal Pool – San Angelo TX

“In September 1936 a devastating flood swept down the South Concho River, inundating much of the city of San Angelo. Among the many properties lost or severely damaged were the city’s parks and its public swimming pool. Plans were made… read more

Project type: Parks and Recreation, Swimming Pools
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Municipal School Improvements – Albany TX

Sweetwater Reporter reported in Sept. 1938 that Albany, TX received $9,945 in PWA grants toward the improvement of the community’s schools.

Project type: Education and Health, Schools
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Municipal Stadium – Waco TX

Waco, Texas’s Municipal Stadium was constructed in 1936 as a federal Public Works Administration (PWA) project. The stadium is located at the northwest corner of S. 15th St. and Dutton Ave. The PWA provided a $39,000 loan and $16,000 grant;… read more

Project type: Parks and Recreation, Stadiums
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Municipal Street Improvements – Abilene TX

The Abilene Reporter-News discusses a WPA project undertaken in 1936, one which helped to unify downtown Abilene: “One of the most practical projects, still affecting thousands of Abilenians each day, was the raising of the railroad tracks in downtown Abilene… read more

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, bridges, and tunnels
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Municipal Street Improvements – Ballinger TX

Sweetwater Reporter reported in Sept. 1938 that Ballinger, TX received $92,395 in PWA funds for street improvements. “The project is to provide new paving for principal business and residential streets in Ballinger and resurfacing and extension of other paved streets.”

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, bridges, and tunnels
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Municipal Streets – Clifton TX

The Meridian Tribune reported in Februady 1935 that the PWA was in the final stages of approving a street paving project in Clifton that was expected to begin “not later than March 1.”

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, bridges, and tunnels
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Municipal Swimming Pool and Bathhouse – Navasota TX

The Works Progress Administration built the municipal swimming pool in Navasota, Texas between 1935 and 1936. The complex includes the main swimming pool, a wading pool and a bath house. The bath house was originally built as a single story… read more

Project type: Parks and Recreation, Bathhouses, Swimming Pools
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Municipal Water and Sewer System – Fairfield TX

The Mexia Weekly Herald reported on March 29, 1935 that work on two PWA projects in the town of Fairfield, Texas had begun, including “the water and sewer system for the newly incorporated town.”

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Sanitation and water disposal, Water supply
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Municipal Water System – Claude TX

The city of Claude, TX received funding from the PWA for its sewage and water systems — including a new sewage disposal unit, new pipes and wells.

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Sanitation and water disposal, Water supply
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Municipal Water Works Improvements – Crosbyton TX

According to The Crosbyton Review, PWA assistance to the tune of $6,654.61 helped the town of Crosbyton develop its waterworks.

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Water supply
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Municipal Waterworks – Aspermont TX

The Sweetwater Reporter noted that the PWA provided a grant (matched by a locally approved bond issue) to the town of Aspermont, TX “in the construction of a municipal waterworks system.”

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Water supply
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Municipal Waterworks Improvements – Lefors TX

The Borger Daily Herald reported that in June 1938 the PWA gave a $35,363 grant with $42,000 in loans to Lefors, Texas for construction/improvement of the town’s waterworks.

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Water supply
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Murphy Park Lake Dam – Taylor TX

The WPA constructed this “arch hollow type dam” in what is now Murphy Park in Taylor, TX, during the mid-1930s.

Project type: Dams, Infrastructure and Utilities, Parks and Recreation
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Murphy School – Murphy TX

“There is a Work Projects Administration plaque, dated 1938-1940, on the front of the building, and the school’s cornerstone references the WPA and the dates 1939-1940. A Texas Historical Marker at the rear entrance (which is the main entrance today)… read more

Project type: City and Town Halls, Civic Facilities, Education and Health, Firehouses, Military and Public Safety, Police Stations, Schools
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Murray Common School (Former) – Murray TX

The Murray Common School was built in 1935 at a cost of $5,000, and was constructed in two months. The school building was still in use as a community center in 1972, however, the rock structure was demolished at some… read more

Project type: Education and Health, Schools
Agency:

Museum of Nature and Science – Dallas TX

Dallas Museum of Nature and Science

"At the time of the Texas Centennial Exposition at Dallas in 1936 certain of the buildings constructed were made permanent, and one of these was the Museum of Natural History. The structure is two stories in height and 71 by… read more

Project type: Education and Health, Museums
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Museum of the Big Bend – Alpine TX

Museum of the Big Bend

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed what is now the Museum of the Big Bend in Alpine, Texas in 1937. sulross.edu: “Originally constructed in the late 1930s, the Big Bend Memorial Museum served first to house and museum and later… read more

Project type: Education and Health, Museums
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Music Hall (TWU) – Denton TX

Texas Women's University Music Hall

Originally known as the Music and Speech Building, TWU’s Music Hall was constructed with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) funds. “[Also formerly] called the Household Arts Building and the second major instructional facility on campus … it… read more

Project type: Colleges and Universities, Education and Health, Schools
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Mustang Bowl – Sweetwater TX

In March, 1939 the federal government approved $65,000 for a new football stadium in Sweetwater, Texas. Texas Senator Tom Connally and U.S. Representative from Texas Clyde L. Garrett received credit for getting the project signed off. The Works Project Administration… read more

Project type: Parks and Recreation, Stadiums
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Navasota High School Stadium – Navasota TX

An amphitheater type football stadium was constructed in 1934 using WPA funds. The stadium was designed by City Manager, R.J. Brule and the field was named in his honor. Mr. Brule is remembered today as being a resourceful manager who… read more

Project type: Parks and Recreation, Stadiums
Agency: Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Newcastle Roadside Park – Newcastle TX

Roadside picnic areas were created by the National Youth Administration in cooperation with the Texas Highway Department. Lyndon Baines Johnson was the first director of the Texas branch of NYA from 1935-37. Tables and benches were built of local materials,… read more

Project type: Parks and Recreation, Picnic and Other Facilities
Agency: National Youth Administration (NYA)

Newport School – Newport TX

A three classroom school was constructed in Newport, Texas during the Great Depression with the assistance of funds from the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The ranch-style rock building was constructed to replace a frame school that had previously been destroyed… read more

Project type: Education and Health, Schools
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Niles City Canning Plant (Demolished) – Fort Worth TX

The Niles City Canning Plant was converted from an abandoned syrup factory in 1938, with construction continuing into 1939, by the city of Fort Worth and the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The building itself was constructed in 1911 and was… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Nogalitos Street Underpass – San Antonio TX

The Texas Highway Department and the United States Bureau of Public Roads designed and financed several underpasses on Nogalitos Street in San Antonio, Texas. Built in 1937 by Brown & Root, the project took Nogalitos Street under Cassiano Street, The… read more

Project type: Roads, bridges, and tunnels, Infrastructure and Utilities
Agency: Bureau of Public Roads (BPR)

Nolan Park – Sweetwater TX

The National Youth Administration built park facilities in Nolan Park. While I didn’t find the “Community House” pictured I found multiple other facilities that appear to be NYA construction. Picnic Tables, Small Building, Pavilion, possible water feature, and a bridge…. read more

Project type: Parks and Recreation, Picnic and Other Facilities
Agency: National Youth Administration (NYA)

Noonday School (former) – Noonday TX

In 1938, a fire destroyed the Noonday School. The community furnished $17,682 and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) added $9,368 for the construction of a new school. The WPA built a new eight-room brick school house the same year. The… read more

Project type: Schools, Education and Health
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

North Hi Mount Elementary School – Fort Worth TX

North Hi Mount Elementary School was constructed in 1934-35 with funding from the Public Works Administration (PWA). It was designed by local architect Wyatt C. Hedrick in a Spanish/Mediterranean Revival style. The picturesque building is complimented by a beautiful stone… read more

Project type: Education and Health, Schools
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA), Works Progress Administration (WPA)

North Junior High School (former) – Abilene TX

North Junior High School, renamed Franklin Middle School during the 1980s, was a WPA project constructed during 1942. The building was demolished at the end of 2010 (or very early 2011) and the Mary P. Martinez Elementary School was built… read more

Project type: Education and Health, Schools
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

North Side Senior High School – Fort Worth TX

“North Side Senior High School is another excellent example of the monumental high schools constructed in Fort Worth prior to World War II. Its location atop a bluff adds to its impressive presence on Fort Worth’s North Side. With the… read more

Project type: Education and Health, Schools
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA), Works Progress Administration (WPA)

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.

Project type: Civic Facilities, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
Agency: Treasury Department

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… read more

Project type: Art Works, Murals
Agency: Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA)

Oakhurst Scenic Drive – Fort Worth TX

In 1930, the landscape architecture firm Hare and Hare of Kansas City, Missouri completed a master plan for the Fort Worth Board of Park Commissioners. A key component of the plan was the linkage of the city’s major parks with… read more

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, bridges, and tunnels
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Oakland Lake Park – Fort Worth TX

The WPA constructed a large stone terrace as well as undertaking numerous other improvements at Oakland Lake Park in 1937-38. The Fort Worth Park Department’s 1937-38 Annual Report elaborates: “A WPA project is working in this park at the present… read more

Project type: Parks and Recreation
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Oakland-Merlin Overpass – Dallas TX

The Oakland-Merlin Overpass is a 1,759 foot long overpass that currently carries Malcom X Blvd (formerly Oakland Ave.) over the Dallas Area Rapid Transit Railyard near downtown Dallas, Texas. The Texas Highway Department and the United States Bureau of Public… read more

Project type: Roads, bridges, and tunnels, Infrastructure and Utilities
Agency: Bureau of Public Roads (BPR), Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Oaklawn Elementary School – Fort Worth TX

In 1934, the Public Works Administration approved a loan of $4.2 million for a school building program in Fort Worth. Oaklawn Elementary School was one of the schools constructed from 1935 to 1936 through funding provided by the PWA. Architect… read more

Project type: Schools, Education and Health
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA), Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Oakwood Cemetery Improvements – Tyler TX

The federal Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) conducted improvement work at Tyler, Texas’s Oakwood Cemetery during the 1930s.

Project type: Civic Facilities, Cemeteries
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Oakwood Cemetery Walls – Cisco TX

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built a a 2,517-foot-long rock wall on three sides on the perimeter of the Oakwood Cemetery in Cisco, Texas. According to the Texas Historical Commission, “The general landscape of the cemetery is traditional with granite, limestone, marble,… read more

Project type: Cemeteries, Civic Facilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Old Rock Gym – Navasota TX

Various sources reference the construction of the old, now abandoned high school gym as being done under the WPA. Local people refer to it as the Rock Gym referring to the rock on the school and surrounding wall that was… read more

Project type: Education and Health, Schools
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Old Somervell County Jail – Glen Rose TX

This old jail served Somervell County for 50 years, before it was closed by the state for not meeting modern jail standards. Built in 1934, funded as a WPA government project during the Depression, as a replacement for the first… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, Military and Public Safety, Penal Facilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)
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