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11th Street where it crosses B Street and Gannon Slough - Arcata CA

Street, Water and Sewer Works – Arcata CA

Date added: March 25, 2023

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) carried out general improvements around the city of Arcata, California, during the late 1930s and early 1940s.  Three separate projects were approved in 1937 and 1939 for street work, new water lines and new sewers…. read more

View from bleachers across Redwood Bowl, Cal Poly Humboldt - Arcata CA

Redwood Bowl, Cal Poly Humboldt – Arcata CA

Date added: March 25, 2023

Cal Poly Humboldt (formerly California State University Humboldt) began as Humboldt Teachers’ (or Normal) College in 1913 and moved to its present location on a hill northeast of Arcata, California, in 1921.  Founders’ Hall was built at the top of… read more

City ballpark - Arcata CA

Arcata Ballpark – Arcata CA

Date added: March 25, 2023

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) developed a municipal baseball park in Arcata, California, just north of the City Hall.  The work was first approved in 1936, finalized in 1937 and then completed in 1938 (WPA funding was greatly reduced in… read more

Poteau Community Building – Poteau

Poteau Community Building – Poteau OK

Date added: March 23, 2023

Built in 1937 to re-start a floundering city library system, to be staffed by Works Progress Administration librarians. Building continued to serve as the library until the 1960s. Currently in private ownership. Built of rusticated sandstone and unusual in the… read more

Outlet at Elm Lake Dam - Frederick SD

Elm Lake Dam – Frederick SD

Date added: March 23, 2023

The Works Progress Administration built the spillway at the Elm Lake Dam in Frederick SD between 1936 and 1938. The dam at Elm Lake was originally built both to provide a recreation destination and to create a water source for… read more

Entrance sign to Mill Creek campground at Highway 101 - Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park CA

Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park – Crescent City CA

Date added: March 23, 2023

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) developed recreational facilities for Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park, near Crescent City, California.  Del Norte Park was one of the newly-formed State Park Commission’s first acquisitions c. 1930.   According to Engbeck, “CCC Company… read more

Monongalia High School - Westover WV

Monongalia High School – Westover WV

Date added: March 22, 2023

Monongalia High School was a school for black students in Westover, WV. It was built by the WPA in 1938. See the Clio entry: Admin, Clio and Zachery Cowsert. “Monongalia High School (1938-1954).” 

San Juan courthouse, 2009.

San Juan Country Courthouse Completion – Monticello UT

Date added: March 22, 2023

Bonding ($36,000) for a new San Juan courthouse was put a successful vote in February 1920 after citizens realized that their neighboring county (Grand) was building a large new courthouse. Construction in Monticello began soon thereafter, and the courthouse was… read more

Johnson Organ Screen – San Marino CA

Johnson Organ Screen – San Marino CA

Date added: March 20, 2023

In 1934, with Public Works of Art Project (PWAP) funding, Sargent Johnson created an organ screen for the California School for the Blind in Berkeley. Today, the organ screen—a 22-foot-long redwood relief of musicians, animals, birds, and plants—is located at… read more

Post Office – Laguna Beach CA

Post Office – Laguna Beach CA

Date added: March 20, 2023

In 1938, the U.S. Treasury Department funded the construction of a post office in Laguna Beach, CA. “The small, Mediterranean building served as a post office for only a few years due to a bad location and access problems for… read more