• Gymnasium - Pettus TX
    A plaque on the gymnasium at the Pettus Texas school complex indicates the Works Progress Administration constructed the building between 1938 and 1940. No other details on the original construction have been found. A bond package in 2015 included funds to renovate the gymnasium.
  • Pettus-Mineral Farm-to-Market Road Improvements - Pettus TX
    Before the State of Texas built its first numbered Farm to Market Road in 1941, the 8.8 miles of Farm to Market Road 623 between Pettus and Mineral was logically referred to as the Pettus-Mineral Road. In 1939, the Works Progress Administration improved the road by straightening curves, widening the road to 20 feet, laying a caliche base and paving it with asphalt. The official project number was 665-66-1-171 (Work Project 12521).