West Virginia University’s Boreman Hall was constructed between May 1934 and October 1935 with federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a loan of $446,080 and a grant of $179,876 for the project, whose total cost was $632,996…. read more
An addition to Morgantown, West Virginia’s Fourth Ward School was constructed in 1939 with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds.
The Works Progress Administration completed improvements for the Monongalia County School, in Morgantown. The work included “Constructing ditch, laying water lines and grading school grounds, for county schools.” The exact location and condition of this project is unknown to the… read more
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the Morgantown Airport in Morgantown. Pictured are WPA crews grading and leveling the runways of the new airfield, in 1936.
In 1936, the WPA constructed a massive retaining a wall along Richwood Ave. in the Woodburn community of Morgantown, WV.
The Works Progress Administration built a sanitary sewer system in Morgantown, Monongalia County, in 1936.
The Works Progress Administration completed road improvements and built a sewer system on Stewart Street in Morgantown, Monogalia County.
The Works Progress Administration built storm sewers to drain a large section of Second Ward in Morgantown, Monogalia County.
The Works Progress Administration completed improvements on University Avenue in Morgantown, Monogalia County.
The Public Works Administration (PWA) funded the construction of two additions on the northern and southern ends of Women’s Hall, housing women’s dormitories at West Virginia University in Morgantown. (Project W. Va. 485.) The building is still in service today as… read more
The Works Progress Administration completed improvements on Wiley Street in Morgantown, Monogalia County.