• Paris Junior College: Gymnasium - Paris TX
    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the Paris Junior College Gymnasium in Paris TX. An article about the PJC Stadium being built by the WPA the article states that: "The same administrative force that constructed the main building and is now building a gymnasium at the new PJC plant will be in charge of stadium work. W. C. Christenson is superintendent of the college job, and John Mahaffey timekeeper."
  • Paris Junior College: Main Building - Paris TX
    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the Paris Junior College Main Building in Paris TX. An article about the PJC Stadium being built by the WPA the article states that: "The same administrative force that constructed the main building and is now building a gymnasium at the new PJC plant will be in charge of stadium work. W. C. Christenson is superintendent of the college job, and John Mahaffey timekeeper."
  • Paris Junior College: Stadium - Paris TX
    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the Paris Junior College Stadium in Paris TX. A 1941 article published in the Paris News provides details about the new project: "Construction of Noyes Stadium, a $100.000 athletic' plant for Paris Junior College, begins Monday (Feb. 10, 1941). Upon receiving a work order from the state WPA office, Walter Phelan, Lamar County's general superintendent. Friday afternoon notified President J. R. McLemore that work would get under way next week. One hundred and twenty-five men have already been assigned to the project. The same administrative force that constructed the main building and is now building a gymnasium at the new...
  • Public Library Murals - Paris TX
    The library contains four murals by Jerry Bywaters completed under the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP) in in 1934: "Rebuilding Paris," "The 1916 Paris Fire--3rd Worst in American History," "John Chisum," and "Davy Crockett.