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Date added: April 9, 2024; Modified: April 9, 2024
The Works Progress Administration built the Ness City Public Library in Ness City KS. This building originally housed the Ness City Fire Department, the Ness City city office, and the Ness City Public Library. It now is the location of… read more
Date added: April 2, 2024; Modified: April 2, 2024
The brick and concrete band shell is a concert and public performance stage constructed in 1939 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
Date added: March 31, 2024; Modified: March 31, 2024
The Public Works Administration funded the construction of municipal offices and auditorium for the City of Marion, Kansas. It still serves this purpose.
Date added: March 30, 2024
Originally called the Auditorium and Commons Building, this 553-seat auditorium was built in 1938 with Public Works Administration funding. It’s named for George Wilner, the first head of Wichita State’s speech and theater department. It is still in use.
Date added: December 7, 2023; Modified: December 17, 2023
The Hoisington High School Stadium was built by the Works Progress Administration in 1937 with limestone from the nearby Ney farm. The stadium is still in use and on the National Register of Historic Places.
Date added: November 28, 2023; Modified: December 17, 2023
The Kincaid High School (now Kincaid Community Center) in Kincaid KS was built as a high school with Works Progress Administration bonds. Now used as city hall, public library, museum, and gathering space.
Date added: December 2, 2023; Modified: December 2, 2023
The Public Works Administration funded the construction of the Hoisington High School – Hoisington KS, and Art Deco high school built in 1940. The school is still in use. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The… read more
Date added: November 27, 2023; Modified: November 29, 2023
The Work Projects Administration (WPA) built the George J. Perry Memorial Armory in St. Marys KS between 1941 and 1943. In the early 1940s, plans for a new armory in St. Mary estimated costs at $55,000, most of which would… read more
Date added: November 13, 2023
The Public Works Administration provided $7 million in funds to construction this auditorium with room for city offices. The building was renovated in 1991 and is now the Topeka Performing Arts Center.
Date added: November 10, 2023; Modified: November 12, 2023
The Ashland Elementary School in Ashland KS is an elementary school built in 1937 with Public Works Administration funding. This is a two story red brick building with a flat roof and parapet. It is listed on the National Register… read more
Date added: November 4, 2023
Although Schermerhorn Park dates to the 1920s, Works Progress Administration workers made significant improvements in the 1930s and 1940s. including terraced walls and a nature center still in use.
Date added: January 4, 2022; Modified: October 10, 2023
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) spent three years developing a dam and attendant reservoir west of Manter, Kansas that was never completed, also known as the “Stanton County lake.” Local farmers had also intended to use overflow waters from the… read more
Date added: October 7, 2023; Modified: October 7, 2023
Washington School was built with the funding of the federal Public Works Administration (PWA). The Art Moderne concrete school built to replace the Longfellow and Frances Willard schools. It was in use until 2011. Notable features include murals depicting Longfellow… read more
Date added: October 1, 2023; Modified: October 7, 2023
Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the following structures still extant within the park: Scout cabin, grill, creek wall, bandshell, fountain. The fountain and the bandshell have recently been restored and upgraded, and the other WPA structures are in line for… read more
Date added: May 24, 2022; Modified: August 18, 2023
The Civil Works Administration “refinished” the Reading High School building in a project completed in early 1934. There is no more high school in Reading; its location and present status are presently unknown to Living New Deal.