Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects
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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM171B_toccoa-city-hall_Toccoa-GA.html
The Toccoa Municipal Building wasoriginally built to serve as a postoffice in 1932, as a Works ProgressAdministration project. Designedin the Neo-Classical Style, thebuilding exhibits unique carvingsand a 1½ story interior plan.
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM17C1_horton-civic-center_Horton-KS.html
WPA & City of Horton Project1937 - 1939
City Engineer: Harve LingoForeman: Shelton Boyd
"Built From Locally Quarried Limestone"
Erected byWorks Progress AdministrationandCity of HortonA?D?1938
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM17EM_bolling-air-force-base_Washington-DC.html
[Panel 1]:Old Bolling Field
1917 - Survey for the site of a military flying field to be used for defense of Washington and for proficiency flying. Captain William "Billy" Mitchell, commander of Army Signal Corps Aeronautics Division urges purchase of a t…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1B4J_ten-box-shelter_Philadelphia-PA.html
A telephone line used by park guards once ran along Forbidden Drive. The line had ten locked phone boxes, the tenth one here. The line is gone, but the name "Ten Box" lives on.
Built in 1940 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), Ten Box served as a…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1DIG_recreation_Long-Beach-CA.html
This mosaic tile mural, one of the largest in the world with more than 466,000 California tiles, was created by dozens of artists as a W.P.A. Federal Arts Project in 1937 to grace the facade of the Municipal Auditorium. It was saved from demolition by carin…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1DIZ_us-post-office-long-beach-main_Long-Beach-CA.html
This property has beenplaced on theNational Registerof Historic Placesby the United StatesDepartment of the Interior
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1EDJ_fred-albee-municipal-airport_Venice-FL.html
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The first recorded flight into Venice brought a crate of fresh strawberries for the Hotel Venice. Pioneer pilot Capt. George Haldeman landed his plane on Nassau Street to make his delivery on January 13, 1927, not until the mid-193…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1EOZ_dunn-memorial-hospital_Bedford-IN.html
(Side One)Lawrence County Hospital Association was organized July 15, 1903 to build, maintain, and manage a hospital in Bedford. Opened first building 1904. State, district, and local Works Progress Administration officials and city and county officials app…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1F50_bryce-airport_Bryce-UT.html
Bryce Airport's Vital RoleIn this remote region, with major hospitals and airfields hundreds of miles away, Bryce Airport provides critical emergency support. Built in 1936 as an emergency landing strip for commercial airlines, the airport has served that p…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1GEB_collierville-high-school_Collierville-TN.html
This land, which was actually in Mississippi until 1838, originally belonged to the Chickasaws. This area has served as a central hub for education in Collierville since 1873, when Bellevue Female College constructed a two story wooden building here. In 189…