Virgin Islands Sites

The Works Progress Administration completed hardsurfacing work on Lagoon Street in Frederiksted.

The Public Works Administration (PWA) built “one additional room for Dober School Building.” The cost of the PWA work was $3,899.35.

The WPA carried out construction and improvements on Levkoi Straede 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.”

The Works Progress Administration carried out construction and improvements on Gamble Liefte Gade 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.”

The Works Progress Administration and the Work Projects Administration established, maintained, and operated homestead communities at Lindbergh Bay on St. Thomas. The work was funded by a $16,800 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...

“Also with Public Works Administration funds, a beach house is being constructed at the government-owned Lindbergh Bay beach, one of the best in the world, where also golf will be available on the links on which Colonel Lindbergh landed his "Spirit of St. Louis" in 1928. On this same esste is reserved a site for another hotel when required, and the botanical garden nearby lends additional attraction to the vicinity.”

The Public Works Administration (PWA) carried out the construction of a pier "at Lindbergh Bay on Government-owned property." The cost of the PWA work—which included a beach house—was $3,230.85.

The Federal Emergency Relief Administration prepared a temporary landing field at Lindbergh Bay in 1935. The field subsequently became the site of a United States Marine Corps Airbase built in 1937 by the Public Works Administration.

The CCC built temporary drainage outlets at Long Bay, Charlotte Amalie, on St. Thomas.

The Works Progress Administration built a Restroom Building for a Municipal Tennis Courts in Long Bay in Charlotte Amalie.

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.

The Works Progress Administration completed improvements on Louis-Mafolie Road in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas. The work included asphalting, eliminating dangerous curves, widening road, installing culverts.

“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. (...) 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."

The Works Progress Administration built a new school in Mafolie on St. Thomas.

The Works Progress Administration completed improvements on Mahogany Avenue, near the hospital in Charlotte Amalie. The work included a new gutter and culvert.

The Works Progress Administration completed the surfacing of Mahogany Road on St. Thomas.

The CCC worked on the construction of Mandahl Road in Saint Thomas.

The Public Works Administration (PWA) carried out major repairs and reconstruction of Marine barracks on St Croix. The cost of the PWA work was $2,297.12.

The Public Works Administration (PWA) carried out major repairs and remodeling of the Marine Barracks on St. Thomas. The cost of the PWA work was $1,969.35. The facilities, constructed in the vicinity of the Bourne Field, have been converted in classroom facilities for the University of the Virgin Islands.

“United States Marine Corps Airbase—The completion during the year of a P.W.A. project for the construction of a Marine Corps airbase at Lindbergh Bay estate has been important both because it has given employment to local labor and because it has established a permanent base for the marine unit stationed at St. Thomas. Extensive aviation maneuvers were carried on in the winter months using this newly established air field as a base. Further maneuvers are planned for the coming year, and it is believed that the facilities at Lindbergh Bay will continue to attract similar activities in the future which...

The Public Works Administration (PWA) carried out major repairs of the Marine Corps Storehouse, Building No. 75. The cost of the PWA work was $1,964.96.

The Works Progress Administration carried out improvements on Market Street (“White Oak Hill” area) in Christiansted, between 1938-1938.

"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...

The Public Works Administration (PWA) carried out the reconstruction of the Municipal Building, formerly known as “Lange’s Building.”

The WPA carried out construction and improvements on Murphy 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.”

The Public Works Administration reconditioned the Navy Headquarters building in Charlotte Amalie. The cost of the project was $7,499.71.

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.”

The Works Progress Administration completed improvements on Palm Straede in Charlotte Amalie. The work included grading, curbing, and paving.

The WPA carried out construction and improvements on Pile Straede 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.”

The Works Progress Administration installed new sewer lines on Pilestraede in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas.

The historic Emancipation Gardens post office, a.k.a. Alvardo de Lugo Post Office, in Charlotte Amalie on St. Thomas was constructed in 1937-8 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses the only two examples of New Deal federal building artwork in the U.S. Virgin Islands, is still in service. Dept. of the Interior, 1938: "The Treasury Procurement Division has, during the year, completed the Federal Building at Charlotte Amalie, which houses the post office, the customs department, and the United States Public Health Service. This handsome structure which is located on a commanding site in Charlotte Amalie has won universal praise." The...

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) engaged in landscaping work on the grounds of the then-new post office in Charlotte Amalie.

The historic Emancipation Gardens post office, a.k.a. Alvardo de Lugo Post Office, in Charlotte Amalie on St. Thomas houses the only two examples of New Deal federal building artwork in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The works were commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. The murals are displayed at opposite ends of the the lobby, and were both completed by Stevan Dohanos in 1941. They are respectively titled, "The Virgin Islands, U.S. – The Outer World Significance" and "The Virgin Islands, U.S. – The Leisurely Native Tempo." "The Outer World Significance," located at the east end of the lobby, depicts "an...

The WPA carried out construction and improvements on Prindsens 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.”

FERA carried out improvement work on Prindsesse Gade (Street) in Charlotte Amalie on St. Thomas. The work included "grading, rolling, spreading crushed stone and asphalting.”

“Protestant Cay residence, St. Croix. The reconstruction of this attractively located and interesting structure was completed except for certain minor details and except for the reconstruction of adjacent outbuildings. This residence will be made available as quarters for an officer of the government of the Virgin Islands.” The work was executed by the WPA and cost $ 6,000.

The Works Progress Administration completed hardsurfacing work on Queen Cross Street in Christiansted.

The Works Progress Administration completed hardsurfacing work on Queen Street in Christiansted.

The Works Progress Administration installed a new sewer line on Queen Street in Frederiksted.

FERA carried out improvement work on Regjerings Gade (Street) in Charlotte Amalie on St. Thomas. The work included "grading, rolling, spreading crushed stone and asphalting.”