By Betty Hoover DiRisio (LCHS volunteer) The Public Buildings Act The Public Buildings Act of 1926 authorized $50M for the construction of federal buildings in Washington DC, and earmarked an additional $150M for construction projects outside the District of Columbia. It also permitted the hire of private architects for the …
By Betty Hoover DiRisio, LCHS Volunteer Edited by Kathleen A. Mooney, LCHS Webmaster & Volunteer St Luke African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is the oldest Black congregation church and one of the oldest churches in Lawrence County The Methodist Episcopal (M.E.) Church was organized in May 1844 by John Norman, …
Maxine Anderson Wilson learned to fly after marrying her husband, pilot Findley Wilson in 1937. In 1939 she was the first District woman to hold a private license, and the only woman pilot in Lawrence County and many surrounding counties, to hold a commercial permit, allowing her to haul passengers. …
