• Post Office - St. Albans WV
    This New Deal post office was constructed by the Treasury in 1937. As of December 2013 it was still functioning and was known as the Old St. Albans Post Office. However Researcher Frank da Cruz reports this building now houses an architectural engineering firm. The wood relief sculpture "Science and Industry" by Reuben R. Kramer (1941) was moved to the new post office that was built in 986 at 431 B Street. He also reports that the cornerstone names Treasury Secretary Morgenthau, Postmaster General James Farley, Supervising Architect Louis A. Simon, Neil A. Melick Supervising Engineer. "The Old St. Albans Post Office...
  • Post Office Relief - St. Albans WV
    New Deal relief entitled "Science and Industry," installed in194 by Reuben R. Kramer. Originally created for the Sixth Ave. post office, but moved to the "new" post office in 1986.
  • Sanitary Sewers, Ram's Horn Creek - St. Albans WV
    The Works Progress Administration built sanitary sewers in St. Albans. The work consisted of the “construction of 42-inch storm and sanitary sewers, Ram's Horn creek.”
  • 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...