FORT BELVOIR (FORT HUMPHREYS)
Dublin Core
Title
FORT BELVOIR (FORT HUMPHREYS)
Description
Originally called Fort Humphreys, this Army post was established during World War I. The name was changed to Fort Belvoir in 1935. Title I of the Work Relief and Public Works Appropriation Act gave $13,942,572 in WPA funds and $52,283,400 in PWA funds for Army housing. Spent at 64 posts, 285 projects, 1091 sets of quarters. These projects had to be substantially completed by Jan. 1, 1940…Both Jadwin Loop Village and Gerber Village expanded in 1939 with the addition of row houses using PWA workers.
Creator
Shannon Mulligan
Source
https://livingnewdeal.org/map/
Date
May 31 2013
Rights
creative commons
Place-Based Stories Item Type Metadata
Date
October 13,2019
Format
Photograph and Video
Narrative
I went to Fort Belvoir in Alexandria and captured an image and video of the hospital there. Both of my parents work on the base and I have been there numerous times. I had no idea it was formerly called Fort Humpherys or that it was rehabilitated and by the WPA. The name was changed in 1935 and the WPA worked on building roads, updated drainage systems, renovating houses and more. The work by the WPA was completed in 1940. Since then there has been a complete renovation. New hospital and housing and updates on buildings.
Collection
Citation
Shannon Mulligan, “FORT BELVOIR (FORT HUMPHREYS),” HIST 390 The Digital Past: A Cultural New Deal, accessed September 18, 2026, https://jessicadoeshistory.com/cnd/items/show/216.