The Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted improvement work at the historic armory building in Somerville, Mass. WPA project details: “Rehabilitate, recondition, and alter Armory building” Official Project Number: 565‐14‐2‐1080 Total project cost: $34,605.00 Sponsor: Quartermaster’s Department, Massachusetts National Guard
The former branch post office at 237 Washington St. in downtown Somerville, Massachusetts was constructed with federal funds. Placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, the building was constructed in 1934 or 1935. It has since been… read more
The lobby of the old post office (now privately owned) contains a New Deal mural entitled “A Skirmish between Bristish and Colonists,” which was painted in 1937 by Ross E. Moffett. The mural was funded by the Treasury Section of… read more
Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) labor constructed sewers in Somerville, Massachusetts. WPA Bulletin: WPA skilled and unskilled laboring men are engaged in laying 17 miles of sewage pipe, in Somerville. More than 1200 men have been engaged on this project at… read more
A previous iteration of the Wellington [Memorial] Bridge, which carried Fellsway across Mystic River between Somerville and Medford, was constructed as a New Deal-sponsored P.W.A. project. “The completion of the Wellington Bridge, constructed under the authorization of Chapter 365 of… read more