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  • Sewer System - Malden WV
    The Works Progress Administration built a sewer system in Malden, Kanawha County.
  • Sewers - Point Pleasant WV
    A combination sewer construction project in Point Pleasant, West Virginia was undertaken with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $83,000 loan and $27,552 grant toward the $109,994 eventual total cost of the project. Work occurred between Aug. 1934 and Feb 1935. PWA Docket No. 1648
  • Sherwood School Additions - Sherwood WV
    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built additions and repaired facilities for Sherwood School in Sherwood, Doddridge County. The work completed by the WPA consisted of building four classrooms, an auditorium, two kitchens, two restrooms, new water works, and new walkways. The exterior of the building was renovated and repainted. The exact location and status of this facility are unknown to the Living New Deal.
  • Sidewalk Construction - Parkersburg WV
    In 1935, The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built a mile and a quarter of sidewalks throughout Parkersburg, Wood County. The “sidewalks were constructed by WPA labor taken from the relief rolls.”
  • Sidewalks - Clay WV
    The Works Progress Administration built sidewalks in Clay, Clay County, West Virginia.
  • Sidewalks - Huntington WV
    The W.P.A. constructed sidewalks in Huntington, West Virginia.
  • Sidewalks - Weston WV
    The W.P.A. constructed sidewalks in Weston, West Virginia.
  • Sixteenth Street Repairs - Huntington WV
    The Works Progress Administration completed repairs on Sixteenth Street in Huntington, Cabell County.
  • Sixth Street Storm Sewers - Huntington WV
    The Works Progress Administration built storm sewers on Sixth Street in Huntington, Cabell County.
  • Slab Fork Creek Flood Control - Mullens WV
    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) completed flood control work on Slab Fork Creek in Mullens. The work performed by WPA crews included building stone walls, widening, straightening, and deepening the channel, and clearing debris. The flood control sought to prevent property damage caused by the overflowing of the creek.
  • South Side Bridge - Charleston WV
    Constructed by the WPA during 1936-1937, the South Side Bridge in Charleston, WV, a.k.a. the Dickinson Street Bridge, is a through truss span that crosses the Kanawha River. The structure was rehabilitated in 1990 and it is still in use today.
  • Spencer High School Bleachers - Spencer WV
    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built concrete bleachers for the Spencer High School near in Spencer, Roane County.
  • Spencer State Hospital Clinic (demolished) - Spencer WV
    The Public Works Administration funded the construction of a new clinic, part of the State Hospital for Mental Diseases (also known as the Spencer State Hospital for Mental Diseases) in Spencer, Roane County. The addition was built in 1937 and was a five-bed facility. The State Hospital for Mental Diseases closed in July 1989 and demolished in 2005. The condition of the structure is unknown to the Living New Deal.
  • St. Albans–Nitro Bridge (replaced) - St. Albans WV
    The historic St. Albans–Nitro Bridge, which spanned the Kanawha River to connect the two respective West Virginia communities from 1934 to 2013, was constructed with federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $245,000 loan and $70,820 grant for the project, whose total cost was.$319,868. Construction occurred between January and November 1934. The bridge originally operated as a toll bridge until it was turned over to the State of West Virginia in 1945. The bridge has since been replaced. Due to deteriorating conditions the 1934 bridge closed to traffic on Jan. 7, 2013; it was demolished later that year. PWA...
  • State Capitol Historical Marker - Charleston WV
    The West Virginia historical marker program began in 1934 with the beginning research for the markers with the intention of placing markers around the state to encourage tourism. Dr. Roy Bird Cook, a Charleston druggist, a longtime commission member, and avocational historian worked on the project. 5,000 sites were collected with 440 markers selected by the commission for placement. Most of these along 44 state and federal highways. The money came from the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA). In addition to the markers, a book of the 440 markers was published in a format easy to...
  • Staunton Road Improvements - Charleston WV
    The Works Progress Administration completed improvement work on Staunton Road Charleston, Kanawha County.
  • Stewart Street Improvements and Sewer System - Morgantown WV
    The Works Progress Administration completed road improvements and built a sewer system on Stewart Street in Morgantown, Monogalia County.
  • Stonecoal Creek Flood Control - Weston WV
    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) completed flood control work on Stonecoal Creek. The work performed by WPA crews included widening, straightening, and deepening the channel, and clearing debris. The flood control sought to prevent property damage caused by the overflowing of the creek.
  • Storm Sewers in Second Ward - Morgantown WV
    The Works Progress Administration built storm sewers to drain a large section of Second Ward in Morgantown, Monogalia County.
  • Storm Sewers Repair and Extension - St. Marys WV
    The Works Progress Administration completed the extension and repair of the storm sewer system in St. Marys, Pleasants County.
  • Stratton High School - Beckley WV
    The school was built using funding of $48,372 grant from the Public Works Administration. Construction began on 22 August 1938 was completed by contractor J.O. Freeman. The school cost $77,405 when complete with the balance from local and/or state funding. The school opened Fall 1939 as a school for blacks. It survived desegregation. The school is part of the New Deal effort in West Virginia and is considered eligible under Criteria A although further research is needed for determine other criteria.
  • Street and Sidewalk Construction - Northfork WV
    The Works Progress Administration built streets and sidewalks in Northfork. The work included “stone-based street topped with tarina and limestone chips, and construction of sidewalks.”
  • Street and Sidewalk Repairs - Davy WV
    The Works Progress Administration repaired streets and sidewalks in Davy, McDowell County.
  • Street Improvements - Anstead WV
    The Works Progress Administration completed street improvements in Anstead, Fayette County.
  • Street Improvements - Grantsville WV
    The Works Progress Administration completed improvements for several streets in Grantsville, Calhoun County. The work consisted of building retaining walls, curbs, and sidewalks.  
  • Street Improvements - Parsons WV
    The Works Progress Administration completed road improvements in Parsons, Tucker County. The work included stone-basing the streets.
  • Stuart Recreation Area - Elkins WV
    According to the West Virginia Department of Commerce: “Completed and opened in 1937, Stuart Recreation Area is one of four developed recreation areas built by the CCC. Known locally as “Stuart Park,” it became the centerpiece of a large recreation complex built with CCC labor that also included Bickle Knob. Designed by MNF recreation planner H.T. Stoddard, Stuart’s landscaping plan called for large open grassy fields, winding wooded trails, campgrounds, picnic areas, rustic picnic shelters with the central swimming area found along the banks of Shaver’s Fork. Today, the open fields and the historic CCC-built administrative building along with two CCC-built...
  • Summers County Memorial Building (Community Center) - Hinton WV
    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the Memorial Building in Hinton, Summers County. The structure served as a community center. The building foundation was not part of the work performed by WPA crews. Operating no. 65-41-871. State Serial no. 354-357.
  • Sunset Hill Privy - Alderson WV
    The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed a privy at the historic Sunset Hill residence in Alderson, West Virginia.
  • Swimming Facilities - Parkersburg WV
    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built a swimming pool and a bathhouse at the north side of Parkersburg City Park. The project was completed in June 1936. The Wood County Historical Society published 1937 excerpts from The Parkersburg News periodical, attesting to the work carried out by the WPA in Parkersburg: "The Parkersburg News Feb. 2, 1937 Advance bath house project: Two crews of 30 men working on municipal swimming pool; to be completed Decoration Day The bath house at the municipal swimming pool in City Park is rapidly approaching completion. Installation of showers and other plumbing fixtures, together with construction of dressing booths remain to be...
  • Tenth Avenue Repairs and Improvements - Huntington WV
    The Works Progress Administration completed repairs and improvements on Tenth Avenue in Huntington, Cabell County. The work consisted of "Relaying old pavement and constructing concrete base on Tenth avenue, Huntington.”
  • Tenth Street Paving - Fairmont WV
    The Works Progress Administration completed a project in Fairmont, West Virginia consisting of “Paving Tenth Street with concrete from Garten Avenue to Fairmont Avenue.”
  • Tenth Street to Washington Avenue Sewers - Huntington WV
    The Works Progress Administration built sewers from Tenth Street to Washington Avenue in Huntington, Cabell County.
  • Thomas Jefferson High School (demolished) Improvements - Charleston WV
    The Works Progress Administration repaired and painted the Thomas Jefferson High School in Charleston. The school is located at the corner of Quarrier and Morris Streets. When a new Charleston High was built about three blocks away, the old one was renamed Thomas Jefferson Junior High School. Like many schools in the area, the Thomas Jefferson High might have operated initially as a high school and later became a junior high or middle school. In 1998 the Virginia State Legislature authorized the sale of the land and the three-story brick structure that was the former Thomas Jefferson High School. The featured historic photographs of Thomas Jefferson and Woodrow Wilson are...
  • Town of Eleanor - Eleanor WV
    In 1934, the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) provided about $400,000 for a homestead project in Putnam County, West Virginia, “Red House Farms” (soon-to-be called “Eleanor,” and not to be confused with the nearby town of Red House).  Red House Farms was one of three New Deal homestead projects in West Virginia, the others being Arthurdale and Tygart Valley Homesteads.  The goal of these homesteads was to provide a fresh start for rural Americans devastated by the Great Depression. A United Press article described the town’s beginning in May 1934. In addition to 150 homes, “Construction of the 1,728-acre tract includes...
  • Tunnelton Street Sidewalks - Kingwood WV
    The Works Progress Administration built sidewalks on several streets in Kingwood. Work on Tunnelton Street started in 1936.Kingwood National Register of Historic Places Nomination: (www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/preston/94000723.pdf), accessed January 17, 2018.
  • Twenty-Eight and a Half Alley to Bungalow Avenue Sewers - Huntington WV
    The Works Progress Administration built sewers from Twenty-Eight and a Half Alley to Bungalow Avenue in Huntington, Cabell County.
  • Twenty-Eighth to Twenty-Third Street Sewers - Huntington WV
    The Works Progress Administration built storm sewers from Twenty-Eighth to Twenty-Third Streets in Huntington, Cabell County.
  • Tygart Dam - Grafton WV
    According to the West Virginia Department of Commerce: “Construction of Tygart Dam started in 1935 and was completed in 1938. It was one of the first Public Works Administration (PWA) projects initiated to reduce unemployment through the construction of massive, labor intensive projects. Veterans, as well as men from Taylor, Barbour, Preston and other surrounding counties, were given employment preference. At its peak in May of 1936, 1,701 men were employed. The pay was set at 45 cents per hour for non-skilled labor and $1.10 for skilled at a maximum of 30 hours a week. Tygart Dam is currently operated by...
  • Tygart Valley Homesteads - Dailey WV
    "The Tygart Valley Homesteads was a project of the Federal Subsistence Homesteads Corporation, created by the Roosevelt administration during the Great Depression. The idea was to provide a new start for unemployed farmers, miners, and timber workers. This was one of three resettlement projects in West Virginia, the others being at Arthurdale and Eleanor. Initial funding in the amount of $675,000 was allocated by Congress on December 21, 1933, to acquire land in the Tygart Valley. A committee of local citizens was organized and, by 1934, land had been acquired at Dailey and Valley Bend, 10 miles south of Elkins. The...
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