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New Deal places in Hempstead County

8 New Deal places in Hempstead County are on the map. Parks and recreation (1); Courthouses, post offices and city halls (3); Schools, gyms and job training (1); Libraries, armories and community buildings (2); CCC camps (1). 3 have a full story with sources.

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Parks and recreation 1

Senior class monument and fishpond Hempstead County

Courthouses, post offices and city halls 3

Washington Courthouse repairs Washington, Hempstead County · Civil Works Administration (CWA)
The Civil Works Administration repaired Hempstead County's aging 1874 courthouse in Washington.
Hempstead County Courthouse at Hope Hope, Hempstead County · Public Works Administration (PWA)
New courthouse associated with the contested relocation of the county seat from Washington to Hope.
Hope Fire Station Hope, Hempstead County · Public Works Administration (PWA)

Schools, gyms and job training 1

Washington Gymnasium Washington, Hempstead County · Works Progress Administration (WPA)
After the county seat moved to Hope, Washington's school moved into the empty 1874 courthouse, and in 1940 the WPA helped build this gym next door.

Libraries, armories and community buildings 2

Hope Girl Scout Little House Hope, Hempstead County · Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Hope had four Girl Scout troops in the late 1930s and nowhere to meet, so the WPA helped build this log "Little House" in Fair Park in 1938 and 1939.
Boy Scout Hut, Hempstead County Hempstead County

CCC camps 1

Camp Alton (CCC camp SCS-13) Hope, Hempstead County · Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

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