• City Hall - Council Bluffs IA
    Art Deco City Hall built for $340,000 with Works Progress Administration workers in 1939. The building was designed by architect J. Chris Jensen. An article published in the Daily Nonpareil in 1939 stated that, “Actual work leading to the construction of the proposed $340,000 city hall at the old Merriam Block site started Monday with 40 WPA men assigned to remove piling from the basement excavation and to pave the way for pile driving equipment J. Chris Jensen, architect, said the pile driving equipment will be moved in on the job within the next few days. Workmen, after taking the 500 pilling...
  • Lake Manawa Improvements - Council Bluffs IA
    The WPA dredged and improved the lake in 1935-1936.
  • Lewis and Clark Memorial - Council Bluffs IA
    This stone monument, north of Big Lake Park, honors the expedition of Lewis & Clark in 1804 and their historic meeting with the Otoe and Missouri Indians. The WPA memorial was constructed in 1936 by artist Harry Edward Stinson.
  • South Omaha Bridge (demolished) - Omaha NE to Council Bluffs IA
    The South Omaha Veterans Memorial Bridge (originally the South Omaha Bridge) was constructed during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. Demolished in 2010, construction occurred between 1934 and 1936. The PWA supplied a $1,325,000 loan and $405,293 grant for the project, whose total cost was $1,735,910. PWA Docket No. NE 22.