Cocasset Street in Foxboro, Massachusetts was reconstructed as part of a WPA project that began in March 1938. This included the widening and resurfacing of the thoroughfare. The widening forced the removal of trees; the replacement of lost trees was… read more
“Locally, the 1,000-acre F. Gilbert Hills State Forest in Foxboro, once surplus farmland, now welcomes about 40,000 visitors a year long after the CCC installed roads, improved trails and constructed buildings on the site.”
In 1934 The Foxboro Reporter wrote that work on the hose room at Foxboro, Massachusetts’s fire station was a Civil Works Administration project. Exact location and current status of this project are unknown to the Living New Deal.
The former Foxboro State Hospital was greatly expanded by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, with the aid of Federal funds, during the New Deal era. One Federal Public Works Administration-assisted project saw the construction of four buildings on the State Hospital… read more
The former Foxboro State Hospital was greatly expanded by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, with the aid of Federal funds, during the New Deal era. One Federal Public Works Administration-assisted project saw the construction of four buildings on the State Hospital… read more
The former Foxboro State Hospital was greatly expanded by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, with the aid of Federal funds, during the New Deal era. One Federal Public Works Administration-assisted project saw the construction of four buildings on the State Hospital… read more
The former Foxboro State Hospital was greatly expanded by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, with the aid of Federal funds, during the New Deal era. One Federal Public Works Administration-assisted project saw the construction of four buildings on the State Hospital… read more
“The new sixty-foot fire tower on High Rock is nearing completion. The work has been done by the men of the C. C. C. The glass-enclosed observation room at the top of the tower will be occupied during the period… read more
“The water storage tank for the town water system, located on the hill at the end of Glenwood Avenue, was inadequate for the growing community. Engineers recommended a 1,023,000-gallon tank on Main Street near Lakeview Road. The Work Pro[gress] Administration… read more
This former post office building was constructed by the Treasury in 1938. It now houses private real estate offices. A New Deal wooden sculpture by Arnold Geissbuhler now hangs in the new post office.
This 1941 Section of Fine Arts relief by Arnold Geissbuhler depicts “Straw Cutting and Weaving.” It was originally installed in the town’s 1938 post office, but has since been moved to the new post office on Wall St.
In 1934 The Foxboro Reporter wrote that Civil Works Administration labor was used to improve and redecorate the town offices of Foxboro, Massachusetts.