Multiple New Deal agencies worked to develop a former municipal airport in Farmington, Maine. The Farmington airport was initially a FERA/MERA project as part of a state wide airport building program. It was built as a North/South 2000×100′ graded runway, open… read more
According to the town report, one of the several projects the New Deal completed in Farmington was work on Bailey Hill Rd. in 1939. WOODCOCK, OR BAILEY HILL ROAD Paid by town for materials, labor, trucks, arch culvert, etc. $3,049… read more
The historic post office in Farmington, Maine was constructed between 1935 and 1936 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork inside, is still in use today.
The historic post office in Farmington, Maine houses an example of New Deal artwork: a Treasury of Fine Arts-commissioned wooden relief entitled “Lillian Nordica.” Created by Hetty Beatty, the work was installed in the post office lobby in 1938. “Nordica… read more
1934 Report of Superintendent of Schools: “At West Farmington, Farmington Falls, Fairbanks School and the Red School, grading was done, the labor for which was paid by the Federal Government, but the material was furnished by the School Department. This… read more