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Date added: March 27, 2022; Modified: March 27, 2022
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) began improvements at Bellingham WA’s Cornwall Memorial Park in 1937. The WPA also allocated $29,000 for the construction of a state-of-the-art bowling green at the site. This was in addition to earlier improvements, which included… read more
Date added: March 1, 2018; Modified: March 3, 2018
The Works Progress Administration built a bridge and walls in Whatcom Falls Park, in the vicinity of Bellingham. The bridge is in good condition and is located 100 yards from the park entrance.
Date added: July 24, 2016; Modified: August 1, 2016
The PWA built the Physical Education building at what was then the Western Washington College of Education (docket #W1049-R). From the WWU Library Special Collections site: “The Physical Education Building, designed by Bebb and Gould of Seattle, was completed in… read more
Date added: July 24, 2016; Modified: July 24, 2016
From the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies: “Bellingham’s second City Hall [was] designed by Leonard William Somerville Bindon [and] built under Public Works Administration and Federal Works Agency programs of the New Deal in the Art Deco style. Begun in… read more
Date added: October 26, 2014; Modified: January 20, 2015
Bellingham, Washington’s old historic Fairhaven Hotel occupied the northeast corner of 12th Street and Harris Ave. “A new use for a famous old landmark in Bellingham hes been found with a recently approved Works Progress Administration project designed to convert… read more
Date added: February 18, 2012; Modified: December 30, 2014
"The Bellingham High School is one of the largest and finest structures of this type erected recently in northwest Washington. It is 3 stories in height with sufficient basement to take care of the heating system. It provides 20 standard… read more
Date added: October 27, 2014
A WPA press release from Dec. 1937 reported: “The largest project scheduled to begin next week [in Washington State] is the Bellingham street improvement work with W.P.A. aid totaling $63,348.”