This school was built as an elementary school with funding from the Public Works Administration (PWA) in 1938. It later became a junior high school and was named for William Pitt Bartlett, a Porterville benefactor. The building is single-story and… read more
Porterville received funds for the widening of Olive Ave. among other local projects.
A 1940 edition of the Fresno Bee reported that Porterville had received $15,000 from the federal government for the Olive School Building. This was apparently a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project, finished in either 1940 or 1941. The New Deal… read more
The Porterville City Hall was built in 1939 with funds from the Public Works Administration (PWA). It is a one-story Moderne (Deco) building with horizontal window opening and elaborate design elements between the windows. According to some long-term residents of… read more
The Public Works Administration (PWA) funded a new fire station for Porterville in 1937. This building replaced the original fire station, which was on an adjacent lot and where the new City Hall was constructed (also a New Deal building)…. read more
This building was actually one of many post offices built by the Hoover Administration in response to the Depression in what can be seen as an example of Hoover anticipating the New Deal in a limited way. However, it was… read more
This concrete bridge across Porter Slough was built under the New Deal by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). A 1941 date stamp is clearly visible (see photograph). The bridge is a 4-span concrete Tee-beam bridge. The span length is 29.9… read more
This farm labor housing center was included in the 1944 Museum of Modern Art exhibition, "Built in USA 1932-1944."