• Annaly Road Improvements - Frederiksted, St. Croix, VI
    The Works Progress Administration completed improvements work on Annaly Road in Frederiksted.
  • Centerline Road Improvements (CCC Camp V-2) - St. Croix VI
    The Centerline Road in St. Croix was paved by Civilian Conservation Corps crews enrolled in Camp V-2. The work was completed so that the US President could drive from Frederiksted to Christiansted on a paved road, but mostly for the development of the islands highway infrastructure. The road was built by two teams (originally called gangs). Gang one was lead by Mr L. Alexander and they did the clearing and filling. Gang one numbered about 60 men. Gang two was lead by Charles Schuster and they did the paving and it amounted about 40 men. Contributor note: this information was told to me by...
  • Estate Whim Homestead Community - Frederiksted, St. Croix VI
    The Works Progress Administration and the Work Projects Administration established, maintained, and operated homestead communities at Estate Whim on St. Croix. The work was funded by a $46,000 emergency relief grant (1933-1940) to the Government of the Virgin Islands. The Estate Whim plantation spread over more than 1400 acres. The Federal government bought the land in the 1920s and later subdivided the plantation for a homestead plan. The 1933 Annual Report of the Governor of the Virgin Islands mentions the establishment of homesteads in St. Croix: “The six estates known collectively as "Whim", and located in the southwest portion of St. Croix near Frederiksted, contain 1,450 acres of land,...
  • Frederiksted Grammar School Bathrooms - Frederiksted, St. Croix VI
    The Works Progress Administration built new bathroom facilities at the Frederiksted Grammar School. Before becoming a public school, the building had served as a hospital and the Danish School. The site of the school is today occupied by the Arthur Abel Complex, which serves as the Governor’s Frederiksted Offices.
  • Frederiksted High School Bathrooms - St. Croix VI
    The Works Progress Administration built new bathroom facilities for the Frederiksted High School School (renamed Arthur A. Richards Junior High School) on St. Croix.
  • Frederiksted Hospital Sanitation System - Frederiksted, St. Croix VI
    The Works Progress Administration built a new cistern and carried out the repairs and extension of the water and sewer systems, at Frederiksted Hospital. The plaque placed in 2004 by the St. Croix Historic Preservation Commission at the site of the former hospital reads: "Frederiksted Hospital - Erected as a 2-story town house in 1803 by the DaCosta family, this sturdy building has been greatly modified over the years. Major alterations occurred in the 1930's, when the residence was converted into Frederiksted's main hospital."
  • Frederiksted Public Grammar School Repairs - Frederiksted VI
    In 1934, the CWA performed repairs and improvements to the Frederiksted Public Grammar School.
  • Homestead Housing - Frederiksted, St. Croix VI
    A homestead housing program funded with the aid of a $45,000 grant from the Housing Commission and a $242,000 loan from Subsistence Homesteads Corporation, sought to improve housing conditions on the Virgin Islands. The program included housing on farm land in the vicinity of Frederiksted on St. Croix. The 1934 Annual Report of the Governor of the Virgin Islands describes the housing conditions on the islands and the details of the new housing program. "A housing survey in October 1933 in St. Croix, where the need is greatest, showed 2,623 one-room houses, with from 1 to 12 persons in each house. Perhaps...
  • Jolly Hill Road Improvements - Frederiksted, St. Croix VI
    The Works Progress Administration completed improvements on Jolly Hill Road on St. Croix. “Graded and constructed shoulders along this road for a distance of ¾ mile…straightening road.”
  • Lagoon Street Improvements - Frederiksted, St. Croix, VI
    The Works Progress Administration completed hardsurfacing work on Lagoon Street in Frederiksted.
  • Long Road Improvements - Frederiksted, St. Croix VI
    The Public Works Administration (PWA) carried out improvement work on Long Road in Frederiksted on St. Croix. The work consisted of the asphalting of a 1 and ½ miles segment of road.
  • Marley Homes - Frederiksted, St. Croix VI
    "Marley Homes at Frederiksted, St. Croix Island. An undeveloped plot of 17 acres dedicated by the municipality is the site of this development. A series of 1-story row houses provide 70 rooms arranged in 38 family-dwelling units. The structures cover 2 ½ percent of the site area." “By arrangement with the United States Housing Authority, the administration of the three low-cost housing projects erected in the Virgin Islands by the PWA Housing Division has been turned over to the government of the Virgin Islands. This arrangement has made it unnecessary to establish an expensive management organization and has therefore permitted the...
  • Nordsidevej, Road Construction and Improvements - St. Thomas VI
    The WPA carried out construction and improvements in Nordsidevej in St. Thomas. Road construction and improvements carried out by the WPA in the Virgin Islands typically included “clearing the old roadway widening existing curves, blasting rock from the road surface and drains, relocating where necessary, installing culverts, preparing the subgrade and placing the bituminous macadam surface.”
  • Queen Street Sewer Line - Frederiksted, St. Croix, VI
    The Works Progress Administration installed a new sewer line on Queen Street in Frederiksted.
  • Strand Street Paving - Frederiksted, St. Croix VI
    The CWA paved Strand Street between 1933 and 1934. "First coat of asphalt poured in block Fisher and Queen Street, block Queen and Hill ready for first coat of asphalt, large stones ready for rolling block Hill and King.”