• Camp Butler (former) Improvements - Fort Sheridan IL
    Illinois's old Camp Butler was improved as part of Federal Project F-87 by the federal Civil Works Administration (CWA) ca. 1933-4. "The general scope of the project covered improvements to buildings and grounds, landscaping, drainage and minor construction."
  • Carpenter Park - Springfield IL
    The CCC "did work at Carpenter Park north of the city."
  • Illinois State Armory - Springfield IL
    "This is a dual-purpose building which houses three companies of the Illinois National Guard and provides much-needed office space for the State government. The site is an entire square, approximately 350 by 350 feet, opposite the State Capitol group of buildings, and the armory and office building occupies half of the area. The central heating plant for the capitol group occupies part of the other half, and as future requirements necessitate expansion of the armory and office building, the heating plant will will be removed elsewhere. The new building is 5 stories and a basement in height and approximately 189 by...
  • Lake Springfield Beach and Beach House - Springfield IL
    "The bathhouse at the new Lake Springfield beach area started out as a Civil Works Administration program but couldn’t be finished as a work relief program because there was “an absence of skilled workers on the relief rolls,” according to the Illinois State Journal in 1933. It was completed by private construction. The beach opened in 1935 with help from the federal programs. Public parks, the wildlife sanctuary and other recreational areas also benefited."
  • Lake Springfield Development - Springfield IL
    "The PWA and WPA also provided funding for projects around Lake Springfield, including landscaping and placing riprap. ... The WPA would later aid in ... other Lake Springfield projects."
  • Lanphier High School - Springfield IL
    "The reservoir at what is now the site of Lanphier High School was removed as a CWA project in 1933. The $300,000 construction of Lanphier High three years later was partially financed by Public Works Administration funds, as was an addition completed in 1938."
  • Margaret Cross Norton Building - Springfield IL
    The records building housing the Illinois State Archives, now known as the Margaret Cross Norton Building, was built during the 1930s with New Deal funds. SJ-R.com: “A bunch of World War I records were burned up ,” said David Joens, director of the Illinois State Archives. “The archivist at the time, Margaret Cross Norton, who was the first director of the State Archives and a real leader in the archives field, had been lobbying to get our own archives building and that certainly served as the impetus to get it.” The building was constructed for $820,000, with help of $500,000 the state...
  • Oak Ridge Cemetery Improvements - Springfield IL
    "The WPA would later aid in ... Oak Ridge Cemetery" improvement projects.
  • Streetcar Track Removal - Springfield IL
    "WPA funds helped pay for removal of 158,000 lineal feet of streetcar track that ran down the middle of many of Springfield’s streets, at a cost of $167,000. The work included resurfacing of the area where the tram tracks had been."