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Date added: March 25, 2010; Modified: April 12, 2017
This art deco style WPA building is no longer used for official business. Now the fire station side holds the Boys and Girls Club, while the other side is used by small businesses.
Date added: January 4, 2016
In 1938, WPA labor constructed a stone retaining wall outlining the east and north edges of the Auburn Veterans Memorial Hall property. The approximately 380’-long wall is made of pieces of uncut native stone laid in random courses. The wall… read more
Date added: September 4, 2010; Modified: January 6, 2015
"In Placer County, several buildings and beautification projects were funded entirely or in part by the WPA. A June 24, 1939 article in the Placer Herald noted several WPA projects in the region such as the City Hall and Firehouse… read more
Date added: April 23, 2010; Modified: January 6, 2015
The WPA built this sewage treatment plant in Auburn in 1940.
Date added: August 29, 2010
This 1930s WPA amphitheater in the Auburn School Park Preserve was recently restored and is still used for local events.
Date added: August 7, 2010
The WPA built rubble walls in the city of Auburn in Placer County.
Date added: March 25, 2010
Date added: January 29, 2010
This building was originally built as a mining exhibit hall for the 20th Agricultural District Fairgrounds. It became the first Placer County Museum in 1948. The WPA built much of the rest of the Gold Country Fairgrounds as well.
Date added: January 29, 2010
On May 15, 1937, the Placer Herald noted: "Trustees of the Placer Union High School and Junior College District have accepted the new $85,000 gymnasium, completed under direction of W.E. Coffman, architect, by J.C. Meyers, contractor. The new edifice is… read more
Date added: January 29, 2010
Two murals facing each other across the gymnasium plaza.
Date added: January 29, 2010