• Massachusetts St. Improvements - Lawrence KS
    Works Progress Administration workers repaired the 700 block of Massachusetts Street in Lawrence, Kansas.    
  • Military Science Building - Lawrence KS
    The Work projects Administration (WPA) worked to construct the Military Science Building at the University of Kansas in Lawrence. "Construction began in spring 1941 on this project and was completed by legislative appropriations after the WPA was disbanded." The building is still in use. WPA Project No. 165-1-82-153. Cost: $83,732. Sponsor: War Department
  • New York Elementary School - Lawrence KS
    "This school provides 6 standard classrooms, 3 special classrooms, a kindergarten, a library, administrative offices, and a combination assembly hall and gymnasium with a stage. All of the classrooms are equipped for 38 students except on of the special classrooms, which is equipped for 20. The building is constructed with a reinforced concrete foundation, frame, floor slab, and ceiling slab. The exterior walls are red brick backed with concrete blocks, which form the finished wall on the inside. The pitched roof is frame construction and is covered with asbestos shingles. The volume of the structure is...
  • Street Improvements - Lawrence KS
    A street improvement project in Lawrence, Kansas was undertaken with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $14,391 grant toward the $47,969 total cost of the project. Work occurred between March and July 1934. (PWA Docket No. KS 1311)
  • Water System Improvements - Lawrence KS
    Multiple waterworks improvement and construction projects in Lawrence, Kansas were undertaken with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds during the Great Depression. (PWA Docket No. KS 1365, 2115)