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  • Waterworks - Thomas WV
    A waterworks construction project in Thomas, West Virginia was undertaken with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $33,000 loan and $27,000 grant toward the $60,068 eventual total cost of the project. Work occurred between Feb. and Sept. 1936. PWA Docket No. W Va. 1011-R
  • Waterworks - Tunnelton WV
    A waterworks construction project in Tunnelton, West Virginia was undertaken with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $26,000 loan and $21,237 grant toward the $47,236 eventual total cost of the project. Work occurred between Jan. and Sept. 1936. PWA Docket No. W Va. 1010-R
  • Waterworks - Union WV
    A waterworks improvement project in Union, West Virginia was undertaken with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $12,000 loan and $9,647 grant toward the $21,437 eventual total cost of the project. Work occurred between Oct. 1935 and Apr. 1936. PWA Docket No. W Va. 1018-R
  • Waterworks - Wayne WV
    A waterworks improvement project in Wayne, West Virginia was undertaken with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $12,000 loan and $9,385 grant toward the $21,355 eventual total cost of the project. Work occurred between Mar. and Jun. 1936. PWA Docket No. W Va. 1048-R
  • Waterworks - West Union WV
    A waterworks construction project in West Union, West Virginia was undertaken with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $10,000 loan and $3,197 grant toward the $12,559 eventual total cost of the project. Work occurred between Aug. 1934 and Jan. 1935. PWA Docket No. 5811
  • Waterworks - Williamson WV
    A waterworks construction project in Williamson, West Virginia was undertaken with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $7,000 loan and $5,727 grant toward the $12,727 eventual total cost of the project. Work occurred between Mar. and Apr. 1936. PWA Docket No. W Va. 1016-R
  • Waterworks - Williamstown WV
    A waterworks construction project in Williamstown, West Virginia was undertaken with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $30,000 loan and $23,987 grant toward the $53,489 eventual total cost of the project. Work occurred between Nov. 1935 and Jun. 1936. PWA Docket No. W Va. 1017-R
  • Waterworks - Winfield WV
    A waterworks construction project in Winfield, West Virginia was undertaken with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $14,700 loan and $5,372 grant toward the $22,291 eventual total cost of the project. Work occurred between Dec. 1934 and Apr. 1935. PWA Docket No. 5617
  • Waterworks and Sewers - Elizabeth WV
    A combination waterworks / sewer construction project in Elizabeth, West Virginia was undertaken with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $51,500 loan and $17,633 grant toward the $64,796 eventual total cost of the project. Work occurred between Jul. 1934 and Jan. 1935. PWA Docket No. 3330
  • Waterworks and Sewers - Kermit WV
    A combination waterworks/sewer construction project in Kermit, West Virginia was undertaken with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $48,000 loan and $16,992 grant toward the $64,274 eventual total cost of the project. Work occurred between Oct. 1934 and May 1935. PWA Docket No. 5549
  • Waterworks and Sewers - Matewan WV
    A waterworks and sewer construction project in Matewan, West Virginia was undertaken with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $42,000 loan and $12,866 grant toward the $54,523 eventual total cost of the project. Work occurred between Jan. and Oct. 1935. PWA Docket No. 7043
  • Waterworks and Sewers - Vienna WV
    A large waterworks and sewer construction project in Vienna, West Virginia was undertaken with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $135,000 loan and $105,973 grant toward the $235,815 eventual total cost of the project. Work occurred between Mar. and Dec. 1936. PWA Docket No. W Va. 1020-R
  • Watoga State Park - Marlinton WV
    "The largest of West Virginia’s state parks, at 10,100 acres, Watoga is also among the oldest, dating back to the first land acquisitions by the West Virginia Game and Fish Commission in the 1920s. The park is located in southern Pocahontas County on the Greenbrier River. It was named for Watoga, a nearby town... Two Civilian Conservation Corps camps were established, Camp Watoga in 1933 at the park’s present maintenance area and Camp Seebert at the mouth of Island Lick Run in 1934. Also in 1934 Watoga was changed from a state forest to a state park. A third CCC camp,...
  • Wertz Field (demolished) Improvements - Institute WV
    The Works Progress Administration extended and built additional facilities for the Wertz Airport in Charleston. The additions included an administration building. The airport serves today under the name Yeager Airport. In 1930 Wertz field was developed in Institute. Operated by West Virginia Airways, Inc the field was named after Charleston Mayor W.W. Wertz. Commercial flight began with American Airlines in 1933 from the same field. The field was a popular site for air shows. The WPA added improvements to the airport with “grading, ditch-digging and other work” by late 1936. Just after this West Virginia State College began the Civilian Pilot Training Program in...
  • West Virginia Children's Home Building Addition - Elkins WV
    Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) built an addition to the West Virginia Children's Home in Elkins in 1935.
  • West Virginia Industrial Home for Girls: Retaining Walls - Salem WV
    The Works Progress Administration built retaining walls for the West Virginia Industrial Home for Girls in the vicinity of Salem, Harrison County.  
  • West Virginia Road Commission - Buckhannon WV
    The Work Projects Administration (WPA) built the office of the West Virginia Road Commission in Buckhannon. A building plaque states that the project was built by the WPA in 1940 and sponsored by the State Road commission of West Virginia. The gable stone inset bearing the 1939 date suggests that construction begun that year and was completed sometime in 1940. The parcel is listed as district 02, map 2, parcel 19, although parcels 17 and 18 located behind the site are also now state property. The portion of the 1940 building is recorded in deed book 0096, page 313 for 0.82 acres. The...
  • West Virginia State University Development - Institute WV
    The Public Works Administration funded the construction of facilities for the West Virginia State University (former West Virginia State College) in Kanawha County. The West Virginia State University was founded as an African American college.
  • West Virginia State University Road Construction - Institute WV
    The National Youth Administration built a road for the West Virginia State University (former West Virginia State College) campus.  
  • West Virginia University Institute of Technology (former) Building - Montgomery WV
    The Public Works Administration funded the construction of a campus building for the New River State College in Montgomery. The University was renamed West Virginia Institute of Technology in 1941. Due to declining enrollment, the university moved to Beckley in 2015. The former Montgomery campus is now vacant. The exact location and condition of this facility are unknown to the Living New Deal.
  • West Virginia University: Stalnaker Hall (Women’s Hall) Additions - Morgantown WV
    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 a residence hall, under the name Stalnaker Hall. The brick structure was built in 1918, and PWA-funded additions were completed in 1935-1939. It is designed in Neoclassical Revival style. Stalnaker Hall was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
  • Wetzel County Garage - New Martinsburg WV
    Also known as State Road Commission District 6 garage, the structure was built by the Works Progress Administration and sponsored by the Department of Highways. Across West Virginia, the Department of Highways sponsored district headquarters and garages constructed by the Works Progress Administration. All utilized a similar airfoil design, a variation on the Quonset hut design. The structures were built of stone. Although the Wetzel County Garage is not marked with a metal plaque, and there is a gable date is covered by the DOH signing, it is believed this is part of the same design used at other locations ca. 1939-1941. Other garage...
  • Wheeling Park Pool (demolished) - Wheeling WV
    "A Public Works Administration grant of $42,545 was allocated for a pool at Wheeling Park to replace the obsolete facility that dated to the early 1900s. The grant was matched locally by a gift of $52,000 from businessman W.E. Stone. When the pool opened in 1937, a couple of months before the Oglebay pool, it was hailed by the local press as “...the largest and most modern in this section” (this pool was replaced in 1968)." "When it opened, the Wheeling Park pool was the largest and most modern in the area, attracting hundreds of thousands of bathers over a thirty-year...
  • Wheeling Stadium Walls - Wheeling WV
    The Works Progress Administration built walls around Wheeling Stadium in Wheeling, Ohio County. The WPA-built structure replaced the old wall damaged by the 1936 spring flood.
  • Wiley Street Improvements - Morgantown WV
    The Works Progress Administration completed improvements on Wiley Street in Morgantown, Monogalia County.
  • Williamson Terrace Public Housing - Williamson WV
    The Williamson Housing Authority built the Williamson Terrace Public Housing with aid from the Federal Housing Authority. The development consists of a single row of two-story, brick structures, with one structure set forward, closer to the right of way along Vinson Street. The back street appears on some maps as Smith Street. A retaining wall is to the rear of the projects holding up a steep hill and to the side allowing the forward building to be level. According to the Williamson Housing Authority, “On November 25, 1940, ground was broken in West Williamson and on Vinson Street for the construction of two...
  • Woodrow Wilson School (demolished) Repairs - Charleston WV
    The Works Progress Administration completed improvements and repairs for the Woodrow Wilson School in Charleston. The work consisted of “painting and repairing.”
  • Youngs Creek Bridge No. 1541 - Nallen WV
    The Public Works Administration (PWA) funded the construction of the Youngs Creek Bridge No. 1541 in Nallen WV. Excerpt from Legal Advertisement, Notice to Contractors, The Charleston (WV) Gazette, March 18, 1939, p. 11.: "Public Works Administration Projects Docket 1197-F -- PWA 3372-E & PWA 3388-B. Nicholas & Fayette Counties. Nallen Bridge No. 1527 -- two 68 ft. and tow 82 ft. Spans Steel I Beam Bridge on Concrete Substructure. Youngs Creek Bridge No. 1541 -- one 40 ft. Span Steel I Beam on Concrete Substructure. All to be let in one Contract. Certified Check $3,200.00. Jack S. Donnachie, Branch Manager,...
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