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  • Estate Mandahl Homestead Community - St. Thomas VI
    The Works Progress Administration and the Work Projects Administration established, maintained, and operated homestead communities at Estate Mandahl on St. Thomas. The work was funded by a $20,400 emergency relief grant (1933-1940) to the Government of the Virgin Islands. The 1939 Annual Report of the Governor of the Virgin Islands describes the outcomes of homesteading on St. Thomas as such: “Fifty-three homesteaders occupy 80 plots on two Federal homestead projects in St. Thomas on which they have contracted to purchase 609 acres. These projects are largely of a subsistence homestead character since no agricultural cash crop other than vegetables and fruit for local consumption is grown...
  • Estate Saint John Homestead Community - St. Croix VI
    The Works Progress Administration and the Work Projects Administration established, maintained, and operated homestead communities at Estate Saint John on St. Croix. The work was funded by a $22,000 emergency relief grant (1933-1940) to the Government of the Virgin Islands. The 1939 Annual Report of the Governor of the Virgin Islands describes the outcomes of homesteading on St. Croix as such: “On the four Federal homestead projects in St. Croix there are 284 homesteads totaling 2,148 acres under contract. About 70 percent of the homesteaders are now in their fifth or sixth year. During the year 7 homesteaders died, 9 relinquished their plots and 18...
  • 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,...
  • Estate Whim Homestead Community, Fire Trails - Frederiksted, St. Croix VI
    The CCC built two miles of fire trails around the Estate Whim homestead community, located on St. Croix, near Frederiksted.
  • Estates Colquhoun/Mount Pleasant Homestead Communities - St. Croix VI
    The Works Progress Administration and the Work Projects Administration established, maintained, and operated homestead communities at Estates Colquhoun and Mount Pleasant on St. Croix. The work was funded by a $18,000 emergency relief grant (1933-1940) to the Government of the Virgin Islands. The 1939 Annual Report of the Governor of the Virgin Islands describes the outcomes of homesteading on St. Croix as such: “On the four Federal homestead projects in St. Croix there are 284 homesteads totaling 2,148 acres under contract. About 70 percent of the homesteaders are now in their fifth or sixth year. During the year 7 homesteaders died, 9 relinquished their plots...
  • Fort Christian Restoration - Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas VI
    The Public Works Administration carried out major repairs and renovation work at Fort Christian in St. Thomas. Public Works Federal Project No. 11. The PWA work cost $1,995.35.
  • Frederikberg Gade Construction and Improvements - Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas VI
    The WPA carried out construction and improvements on Frederikberg Gade in Charlotte Amalie. 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.”
  • 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.
  • Frenchman's Hill Sewer Line - Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas VI
    The WPA built a sewer line from the gravity tank on Frenchman’s Hill to Charlotte Amalie. It also built a new pumping station with two diesel engines for pumping.
  • Gamble Gade Street Repairs - St. Thomas VI
    FERA carried out street repairs on Gamble Gade in Charlotte Amalie. The work included the "Erection of street curb forms and concreting same…144 tons of dirt removed…”
  • Gamle Gade Sewer Lines - Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas VI
    The Works Progress Administration installed new sewer lines on Gamle Gade in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas.
  • General Gade Water Lines - Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas VI
    The Works Progress Administration installed new water lines on General Gade in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas.
  • George Washington School (Former) Repairs - St. Thomas VI
    The Federal Emergency Relief Administration and the Civil Works Administration carried out “repairs and renewals” work at the George Washington School (renamed Evelyn Marcelli Elementary School, closed in 2012) on St. Thomas.
  • Government House Reconstruction - Christiansted, St. Croix VI
    Government House, in Christiansted, St. Croix, was reconstructed and fireproofed with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) funds. The Annual Report of the Governor of the Virgin Islands for 1941 mentions that the rehabilitation of the Government House in Christiansted provided "modern, comfortable living and office accommodations. (…) This work has been done under the supervision of the Public Buildings Administration, Federal Works Agency.”
  • Government House Repairs - Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas VI
    "Outstanding achievements were the completion of the rehabilitation of the Government House and Administration Building in Charlotte Amalie and the Government House in Christiansted, providing modern, comfortable living and office accommodations. (...) This work has been done under the supervision of the Public Buildings Administration, Federal Works Agency."
  • Grove Place Clinic - St. Croix VI
    The CWA began building the Grove Place Clinic on St. Croix. By 1934, the following construction phases had been completed: “Wall foundation complete, floor fillings 2/3 complete and 60 blocks complete”
  • Guttets Gade Sewer Lines - Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas VI
    The Works Progress Administration installed new sewer lines on Guttets Gade in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas.
  • H. H. Berg Housing Development - St. Thomas VI
    "The P. W. A. made an allotment of funds for the erection of low-rent housing in the Virgin Islands sufficient to allow for the development of three such projects. These funds financed the following: (a) Bassin Triangle erected on a vacant site of 5 acres at Christiansted, St. Croix Island. The site cost $2,000 and was improved with 1-story row houses which provide 54 rooms divided into 30 family-dwelling units. The structures cover about 5 percent of the area of the site and average 10 rooms per acre. (b) Marley Homes at Frederiksted, St. Croix Island. An undeveloped plot of 17 acres...
  • Hassell Have (Island) Improvements - Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas VI
    The WPA carried out construction and improvements on Hassel Island in Charlotte Amalie. 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.”
  • Havensight-East Point Road Widening - St. Thomas VI
    The Works Progress Administration carried out road widening work on Havensight-East Point Road on St. Thomas.
  • Health Clinic - St. John VI
    The National Youth Administration built the only health clinic on St. John island, to serve its 800 inhabitants.
  • High Road Repairs - St. Thomas VI
    FERA carried out street repairs on High Road on St. Thomas. The work included grading, manhole repairs, and asphalting. This work was likely a continuation of a CWA project.
  • Homestead Housing - Bethlehem, St. Croix VI
    The homestead housing in Bethlehem, St. Croix was built by the Virgin Islands Company with the aid of PWA funding. A partnership program between the Government of the United States and the people of the Virgin Islands, the Virgin Islands Company sought to expand the homesteading and housing programs alongside industrial development on the islands. In Bethlehem, in addition to running the homesteading and housing programs, the Virgin Islands Company took on the reconstruction of the Bethlehem sugar mill, the island’s largest sugar mill. The 1934 Annual Report of the Governor of the Virgin Islands provides details about a homestead housing program funded with...
  • 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...
  • Homestead Housing - St. Thomas 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 St. Thomas. 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 half of them are relics of...
  • Hospital Gade Construction and Improvements - Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas VI
    The WPA carried out construction and improvements on Hospital Gade in Charlotte Amalie. 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.”
  • Hospital Gade Water and Sewer Lines - Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas VI
    The Works Progress Administration installed new water and sewer lines on Hospital Gade in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas.
  • James Madison School (Former) Repairs - St. Thomas VI
    The Federal Emergency Relief Administration and the Civil Works Administration carried out “repairs and renewals” work at the James Madison School (renamed Edith Williams School) on St. Thomas.
  • Johnny Horn Road Repairs - St. John VI
    The Federal Emergency Relief Administration carried out light repair and maintenance work on Johnny Horn Road, on St. John.
  • 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.”
  • King Cross Street Improvements - Christiansted, St. Croix VI
    The Works Progress Administration completed hardsurfacing work on King Cross Street in Christiansted.
  • King Hill Road Improvements - St John VI
    The Federal Emergency Relief Administration carried out light road repair and maintenance on King Hill Road on St. John.
  • King Street Improvements - Christiansted, St. Croix VI
    The Works Progress Administration carried out improvements on and near King Street in Christiansted.
  • King’s Hill Poor Farm - St. Croix VI
    The Public Works Administration (PWA) carried out the rehabilitation of the King’s Hill Poor Farm. The work included: buildings “overhauled and repaired,” new bathrooms for the “inmates,” new bathhouse constructed, “new employees’ rooms were constructed.” The King’s Hill Poor Farm was again rehabilitated in 1940-1941. In 1941, the Annual Report of the Department of the Interior notes, “The King’s Hill Poor Farm in St. Croix is undergoing rehabilitation and is nearing completion. The work has been done under the supervision of the Public Buildings Administration and the Federal Works Agency.”
  • King’s Hill Village Housing Repairs - St. Croix VI
    The Civil Works Administration carried out repair work at King’s Hill Village (a subsistence housing development). The repair work included multiple buildings.
  • Kongens Tvaer Gade Improvements - Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas VI
    The Works Progress Administration completed improvements on Kongens Tvaer Gade in Charlotte Amalie. The work included grading, curbing, and paving.
  • La Grande Princesse Homestead Community - St. Croix VI
    The Works Progress Administration and the Work Projects Administration established, maintained, and operated homestead communities at Estate La Grande Princesse on St. Croix. The work was funded by a $28,000 emergency relief grant (1933-1940) to the Government of the Virgin Islands. The 1933 Annual Report of the Governor of the Virgin Islands mentions the establishment of the homestead in St. Croix: "On the 712-acre estate known as "La Grande Princesse", located in the northeastern section of the island near Christiansted, and also purchased in the fall of 1932, nearly 500 acres were found suitable forhomesteadallotment. TheacrepriceofPrincesseland,together with development and aid, is about 50...
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