• Blue Bell School (former) - Sapulpa OK
    This former WPA school in what was then the community of Blue Bell (no longer extant) was restored as a private residence in the 1990s: "But now, thanks to an adventurous couple from Tulsa, there is something else in Blue Bell that promises to secure its legacy - an old, hand-hewn sandstone school building restored to its glory and looking much as it did in 1937 when it was built by the Works Progress Administration... The building, gutted and remodeled during the past four years by the Wingfields, has everything that more modern homes have - living room, kitchen, bedrooms, baths. But...
  • Pretty Water Dam - Sapulpa OK
    Pretty Water Dam was constructed as a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project ca. 1935-6.
  • Sapulpa Reservoir - Sapulpa OK
    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) undertook a work project at Sapulpa Reservoir ca. 1935-6. The lake was originally constructed in 1907.
  • Washington School (former) - Sapulpa OK
    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) rebuilt the Washington School in Sapulpa OK. Contributor note: "Washington School was closed in 2012 and now serves as the district's Administrative Center. It is listed by the Oklahoma Historical Society as a WPA project. The two-sided cornerstone on the building shows it was originally built in 1903. A second side to the cornerstone shows it was re-built in 1937 by the WPA. We have been unable to determine the extent of the "re-build" and what features are fully WPA construction. Washington School is a three-story brick building with a flat roof. The ground floor is rusticated native...