• Sterling Cemetery Chapel - Sterling KS
    From the Sterling Kansas Bulletin article 8 November 1934: "Another CWA project of which the city and community may well be proud is the new chapel that has just been completed in the northwest corner of the Sterling Community Cemetery. Built of stone and cement blocks, which were taken from around lot curbing, the Spanish style building makes a very substantial and attractive little chapel. The material, which had to be purchased for the building, was furnished by Sterling City and Sterling Township, and the work was all done as a Civil Works Administration (CWA) project. Marion Heter was the architect and...
  • Sterling Lake Bathhouse and Park - Sterling KS
    The lake was developed by the WPA from a commercial sandpit and has functioned as Sterling's City Park since. A bathhouse and footbridge, plus stone, barrel-style entry markers, enhanced the setting. Notably, the 1955 movie Picnic featured Sterling Lake as a setting. Annually, Sterling Lake Park is the site of the community's Old Fashioned Fourth of July celebration.