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Date added: January 16, 2019
The Works Progress Administration built a school gymnasium and auditorium in Frederick CO. The structure was built of concrete. The facade concrete panels are finished with inlaid ornamentation.
Date added: January 16, 2019
The Works Progress Administration built a caretaker’s cottage in Lincoln Park in Grand Junction CO.
Date added: January 16, 2019
Now known as the Springer Cultural Center, what was then the main post office for Champaign, Illinois received a New Deal-era addition. Actually, the building received an addition in 1929, though it was razed seven years later to accommodate the… read more
Date added: January 13, 2019
The Emergency Relief Association funded the construction of a gymnasium for the Cross Roads School and it was under construction in February 1935. The gymnasium is still extant and is used as the Family Life Center by the Cross Roads… read more
Date added: January 13, 2019
The Civil Works Administration approved and funded a number of projects in Mississippi in late 1933, primarily school buildings. Approval for construction of a new school building in Cross Roads was authorized and construction was underway in September. By December… read more
Date added: January 13, 2019
The University of Mississippi made application to the Public Works Administration September 7, 1935 for grants to help construct five fraternity houses and two sorority houses. Funds in the amount of $2,000 for each structure were requested from PWA, and… read more
Date added: January 12, 2019
The Sprankle Building (also known by later names of The Pembroke and The Daylight Building) is now a 38- (formally 40) unit condominium in the adaptive reused building. Built in 1927, this building housed the initial offices of the Tennessee… read more
Date added: January 11, 2019
$76,116 WPA Project Slated for Coleman. Improvements to the extend of $76,116 will be made on Coleman city schools and campuses during the next 12 months, according to an announcement made today. Of that amount the WPA is expected to… read more
Date added: January 11, 2019
A 1940 WPA report on the activities of Professional and Service Projects in Maine mentioned the completion of a mural for the former Cape Elizabeth High School. Dorothy Higgins of the Cape Elizabeth Historical Preservation Society Cape happened to locate… read more
Date added: January 8, 2019
Both the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) carried out projects at the Mount Diablo State Park from 1933 to 1942. The CCC work is well-known, and it is acknowledged by the State Parks on their website… read more
Date added: January 8, 2019
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built over fifty picnic areas in Mt. Diablo State Park. Most are small sites tucked into the trees along the roads up the mountain, each with a couple tables and stoves done in rustic style… read more
Date added: January 7, 2019
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built several campgrounds in Mount Diablo State Park. Live Oak, Junction, and Juniper campgrounds come with individual campsites, while the five Group Camps – Buckeye, Barbecue Terrace, Wildcat, Stagecoach and Boundary – provide larger areas… read more
Date added: January 7, 2019
The Summit Building at the peak of Mount Diablo was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1939-42. It is a beautiful example of CCC rustic stonework, built for the ages using local sandstone quarried on the mountain. The Summit Building… read more
Date added: January 6, 2019
Contributor note: “Jim Thorpe Park is located off Highway 51 on the east side of Yale. It was primarily a landscaping project. Drives bisect the park in both directions. Today, it is an active area, however, most of the recreational… read more
Date added: January 6, 2019
The historic former main post office building in downtown Urbana, Illinois received a rear addition in 1935, courtesy Treasury Department funds. The building, locates at 202 S Broadway Ave., houses multiple tenants, and still houses a post office: Urbana’s Downtown… read more