Boyce Street School Retaining Walls – Auburn MA
The Civil Works Administration built perimeter rock and concrete walls around the Boyce Street School, a public elementary school. Currently, the site is a public park and playground.
Elm St. Widening – Auburn MA
The Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) widened Elm St. in Auburn, Massachusetts. WPA Bulletin, 1937: “Scars of last year’s flood will be removed from several streets, and narrow Elm Street will be widened, by WPA project which employs 40 men and… read more
High School (demolished) – Auburn MA
The former high school in Auburn, Massachusetts was constructed with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. “For the past two decades, the increasing cost of tuition and transportation of pupils to Worcester caused agitation for an Auburn… read more
Turnpike Work – Auburn MA
Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) conducted the following road work in Auburn, Mass. WPA Bulletin: This cut-off in Auburn, on the Worcester Turnpike, was washed out by the Spring flood. A WPA construction project is rebuilding the cut-off and 30 feet… read more