Post Office – Blacksburg VA
What is now the Downtown Station post office at 118 North Main Street in Blacksburg, Virginia was constructed in 1935 as the city’s main post office, with Treasury Department funds.
Virginia Tech Development – Blacksburg VA
The campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia—or, as it was then known, as Virginia Polytechnic Institute (V.P.I.)—was dramatically developed as part of numerous New Deal projects during the Great Depression. The Public Works Administration (PWA) provided multiple rounds of… read more
Virginia Tech: Agnew Hall – Blacksburg VA
Virginia Tech’s Agnew Hall, originally known as the Home Economics Building, was constructed as a Work Projects Administration (WPA) project and dedicated in 1940. It was part of a broader development of several buildings on its corner of campus that… read more
Virginia Tech: Airport Expansion – Blacksburg VA
The airport at Virginia Tech, now known as Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport, was enlarged as part of a Work Projects Administration (WPA) project completed in 1940.
Virginia Tech: Armory – Blacksburg VA
The Armory, now part of the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Virginia, was originally constructed as a federal Public Works Administration (PWA) project in 1936. The PWA supplied an $18,000 grant for the project, whose total cost was $42,544. Primary… read more
Virginia Tech: Burruss Hall – Blacksburg VA
Burruss Hall serves as the main administration building for what was then the Virginia Polytechnic and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia. Sometimes mis-attributed to the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the building, originally called the Teaching and Administration Building, was constructed… read more
Virginia Tech: Commerce Hall (demolished) Remodeling – Blacksburg VA
Virginia Tech’s former Commerce Hall was remodeled as part of a larger Public Works Administration (PWA) project on the campus. The New York Times identifies this “business administration” building as a PWA project dedicated in August 1940. VT.edu, re: Commencement… read more
Virginia Tech: East Campbell Hall – Blacksburg VA
Virginia Tech’s East Campbell Hall dormitory was constructed as part of a Public Works Administration (PWA) project. Also known as Campbell Hall’s east wing, the structure was constructed in 1940; whereas Main Campbell Hall was built in 1930, prior to… read more
Virginia Tech: Eggleston Hall – Blacksburg VA
Virginia Tech’s Eggleston Hall dormitory was constructed in stages, as part of two Public Works Administration (PWA) projects during the Great Depression. Main Eggleston Hall (440 Drillfield Drive) was constructed first and completed in 1935. Main Eggleston was one of… read more
Virginia Tech: Graduate Life Center – Blacksburg VA
Now known as the Graduate Life Center, what was originally the Faculty Center—a dormitory on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Virginia—was constructed as a federal Public Works Administration (PWA) project in the mid-1930s. It was one of four buildings… read more
Virginia Tech: Hutcheson Hall – Blacksburg VA
Virginia Tech’s Hutcheson Hall, originally known as New Agricultural Hall, “was built in 1940 at a cost of $206,000,” and was constructed as part of a larger Public Works Administration (PWA) project on the campus. It was part of a… read more
Virginia Tech: Military Building – Blacksburg VA
Now known as the Military Building, what was originally the utilities building was constructed as a federal Public Works Administration (PWA) project in the mid-1930s. It was one of four buildings on the campus completed as part of a massive… read more
Virginia Tech: Owens Hall – Blacksburg VA
Virginia Tech’s Owens Hall dining facility was constructed as part of a larger Public Works Administration (PWA) project on the campus. VT.edu: “When completed in 1939, Owens Dining Center, which seated 2,240 diners, covered the greatest area of any structure… read more
Virginia Tech: Seitz Hall – Blacksburg VA
Virginia Tech’s Seitz Hall, originally known as the Agricultural Engineering Building, was constructed as a Work Projects Administration (WPA) project and dedicated in 1940. It was part of a broader development of several buildings on its corner of campus that… read more
Virginia Tech: Smyth Hall – Blacksburg VA
Virginia Tech’s Smyth Hall, originally known as the Natural Science Building, “was built in 1939 at a cost of $127,650,” and was constructed as part of a larger Public Works Administration (PWA) project on the campus. It was part of… read more
Virginia Tech: Squires Student Center – Blacksburg VA
The Students Activity Building at the Virginia Polytechnic institute in Blacksburg, Virginia was built by the Public Works Administration in 1937. The original building was completed in May of 1937 and was 54,366 square feet. The building was renamed the… read more